The late British prime minister once labeled Nelson Mandela's political group a terrorist organization. Three years after Thatcher left office, Mandela became South Africa's first black president.
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — To Margaret Thatcher, the African National Congress under jailed leader Nelson Mandela was a “typical terrorist organization.”
When much of the world enforced sanctions on apartheid South Africa in the...
Under the 7 train on Roosevelt Avenue in Queens, shops line the street catering to immigrants. A bakery has an ATM that makes deposits straight into accounts in Mexico. An internet café ships packages to Colombia and offers Indian eyebrow threading.
But who’s especially busy right now? Tax preparers, especially those catering to immigrants. They are slammed.
To meet demand, the...
The African Immigrant Services (AIS), in collaboration with the Diversity and Equity Department of North Hennepin Community College (NHCC ), Brooklyn Park’s Diversity Team, and the Northwest Civic Engagement Coalition, will host and facilitate a community civic engagement conversation on Thursday April 11, 2013, at Brooklyn Park’s City Council Chambers, in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota.
The event will provide an opportunity...
At the New York Market - Iman, the striking African-born model who has gone on to be a designer and entrepreneur, is adding another line to her resume with the introduction of a home textiles collection for Alok.
The line, which includes three bedding ensembles with coordinating towels, is debuting this week at market and is set to arrive in...
The Hennepin County Board of Commissioners has appointed Wynfred Russell of Brooklyn Park to the Hennepin County Library Board. Russell, originally from Liberia, will complete the term of NuRocha Williams, who resigned in November 2012 and whose term expires at the end of this year. Hennepin County is the largest county in Minnesota and the 35th most populous in...
"My mission is to provide dentistry and help my patients keep their teeth as healthy as possible their entire life," said Dr. Chisom Nwokocha, who recently opened his clinic at the Northwinds Plaza in the city of Brooklyn Park.
When we visited, the clinic was on its second week and already the schedule was getting full with patient appointments. It...
Vaccines are a very important part of protecting your children and yourself from some serious diseases. Anyone who has seen a person die or get very sick from a disease that could be prevented by a vaccine knows how important they are.
Immunizing your child is one of the most loving things you can do. Shots work. Shots are safe....
SERRAVAL, FRANCE — The music business recently celebrated a milestone in the form of its first annual revenue growth since 1999, but one region, Africa, was unable to join the party. Digital music, responsible for the improvement in the industry’s brighter overall outlook, has failed to catch on across much of Africa.
But that may be about to change, as...
Chinua Achebe died Thursday, March 21, 2013 at a Boston hospital
Chinua Achebe, the literary giant from Nigeria, passed away last Thursday. In his various writings, Achebe challenged the then Eurocentric perspectives and instead brought an African perspective to the story of colonialism in Nigeria as expounded in his books, Things Fall Apart and No Longer at Ease. These books...
The Minnesota legislature has named Abdul Omari as a University of Minnesota Regent in action before its Easter break. The University Of Minnesota Board Of Regents is a 12-member board that governs the university. It is the sixth largest public university in the United States in terms of enrolment.
Omari is the son of prominent long-time Twin Cities resident and...
“The white man is very clever. He came quietly and peaceably with his religion. We were amused at his foolishness and allowed him to stay. Now he has won our brothers, and our clan can no longer act like one. He has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have fallen apart.” From Things...