BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. - About 100 people packed the Brooklyn Park City Council chambers November 15 for One Voice Minnesota Monitoring Project: Creating a Blueprint for Welcome, an initiative of the Minnesota based The Advocates for Human Rights. The project which kicked off early this year is a fact-finding documentation project to combat anti-immigrant sentiment with a goal of...
When the civil war erupted in Somalia more than two decades ago, Abdi Daud left everything he had known and loved about the country for the unknown lifestyle and culture of the United States.
Daud arrived in Minneapolis in 2001 with little knowledge of English. Immediately upon his arrival, Daud began fighting financial challenges with the minimum wage he earned...
Last year Nnenna Obioha and Onyinyechi Egeonuigwe created the fashion and events Production Company,Africa Fashion Week Los Angeles (AFWLA, LLC.). Through dedication, hard work, and the support of a strong team, the duo was able to put together a week long event that raises the bar for future productions of the same theme.
Held at the Papillion Institute of Art,...
For a year I have been telling people that the 2012 presidential contest is far more important than the 2008 election. Yes, in 2008 America elected its first African-American president in Barack Obama. This was a profoundly historic achievement no matter how you figure it. But that outcome, to borrow some apt social science jargon, was over-determined.
Say what? Here's...
Area residents who experienced home foreclosure in 2009-2010 have until Dec. 31, 2012, to request an independent assessment of whether they deserve monetary compensation for foreclosure processing deficiencies.
According to the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, nearly 16,500 Hennepin County households may be eligible for a free and impartial third-party review of whether their mortgage servicer handled their foreclosure inappropriately. ...
Dobet Gnahoré dances with the same formidable skill as David Rudisha races. This coming Sunday, she teams up with two other musicians to present an unforgettable show at the Dakota Jazz Bar.
The Acoustic Africa threesome includes Gnahoré from Cote d’Ivoire, Manou Gallo, former bassist for Belgian group Zap Mama, and Kareyce Fotso, a Cameroonian singer who promises to sway...
Minnesota Congressman Keith Ellison last night exhorted the African immigrant community in Minnesota to vote against the voter ID law and gay marriage ban that will be in the November 6 ballot. Mr. Ellison was speaking last night to a group of Africans at Sabathani Community Center in Minneapolis during what was dubbed as a community dialogue with leaders...
BBC Radio 3 Awards winner Dobet Gnahoré returns to Minneapolis this Sunday with two shows in one night.She will perform at 7pm and 9pm at the Dakota Jazz Club and restaurant in downtown Minneapolis.
Gnahoré won the Grammy for Best Urban/Alternative Performance for the song “Pearls” in collaboration with India.Arie in 2010 and has continued to garner a reputation as...
“Much of their performance was pedestrian,” said Maja Brunes, dance major graduate from Main Street School of Performing Arts in Hopkins and admitted dance major to the University of Minnesota.
Her summary stopped me. In my mind, Voices of Strength, which performed for three nights-October 10 – 13-at the Walker Arts Center in McGuire Theater, exposed me to an entirely...
NEW YORK - Despite great progress within a short time, the 29 French-speaking countries of sub-Saharan Africa are lagging far behind other states in the region in the battle against HIV/AIDS and need a massive increase in international aid, according to a United Nations report issued today.
“It is decision time for La Francophonie,” Michel Sidibé, the Executive Director of...
The Network Marketing Company which is also Direct Selling or Multi-Level Marketing brings the most powerful system of free enterprise in our modern world. Through distributors it's entering the East African market through a user turned evangelist of its product, Dr. Karl Anderson, a prominent Twin Cities dentist.
Dr. Anderson has teamed up with a group of Kenyan Americans to...