A cocktail shaker full of whiskey and juice marks the start of happy hour. But we are not at a bar. This is The Hatchery, a sprawling office space in San Francisco and an incubator for startups. It’s non-stop work here, so a weekly in-house cocktail hour is one perk.
Two entrepreneurs, James Richards, 25, and Michael Smith, 29, take...
Wesley Korir, the Boston marathon champion, has been elected to the Kenya parliament, the polls’ overseeing body, IEBC confirmed.
The 30-year-old Korir, who ran as an independent candidate, defeated the incumbent Joshua Kutuny, a close ally of former education minister and Jubilee Alliance deputy president aspirant, Wiliam Ruto, to clinch the seat in the agricultural-rich district of Cherangany in Kenya’s...
A film about a young Malawian who builds a windmill from scrap metal to save his family from famine last night won the grand jury for best documentary at the just concluded South by Southwest Film Festival (SXSW) held in Austin, Texas.
"William and the Windmill" directed by Ben Nabors is about Malawi-born William Kamkwamba who has become something of...
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The combination of the cello and the kora, the African 21-string harp, may seem unusual on paper, but it sounds perfectly natural coming from Vincent Segal and Ballaké Sissoko.
In 2009, the French cellist and Malian kora player collaborated on Chamber Music, an album of thoughtful duets, and Segal produces and plays on Sissoko's new album At...
OSSEO, Minn. - With two days to go before the March 4 general elections in Kenya, over 400 Kenyans of the Christian faith gathered at a local high school auditorium to pray for peace as Kenyans undertake what could be a defining election for the country. The bitter disappointment of not being able to vote from overseas as provided...
By Reshma Shamasunder
This week, a new report dealt what may be the greatest blow yet to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)'s strained credibility over its deportation practices.
The report, authored by Syracuse University's Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), determined that the overwhelming majority of people ICE has asked local jails to hold for deportation had no convictions. Researchers also found that...
At a salon in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, customer Erica Kanesa relaxes in a leather chair.
“I’m just doing manicure and pedicure,” she says, leaning her head back while a beautician works on her nails.
Spa businesses in Ethiopia are thriving because the country’s middle class is expanding, and also because of the efforts of one man.
Tadios Getaco Belete was born...
Eric Bibb strongly believes that anytime you collaborate with a musician from another culture, you'll be rewarded with a new lens to look through when it comes to music.
"It's very inspiring, you're forever changed," the American bluesman says of the process, something he recommends any artist undertake who's interested in another culture.
"It definitely broadens one's horizons," he adds. Not...
Mee Moua’s family came to the United States in 1978 after fleeing Laos four years earlier and relocating to a refugee camp in Thailand. Her father planned to bring his brother and father over as soon as he was economically secure, but he had trouble finding a steady job as a new immigrant. When he finally did get work,...
Starting on March 4, immediate relatives of U.S.citizens who meet specific requirements may apply for a waiver of unlawful presence while they are in the U.S. before they depart to process their immigrant visa at a U.S. Consulate abroad.
The new “stateside waiver” or “provisional waiver” program will reduce the amount of time that qualified applicants are separated from their...
On a recent trip to South Africa, Questlove, drummer and bandleader for The Roots, says he relearned a valuable lesson that he’d almost forgot – the reach of music across continents and cultures.
The artist, also a DJ and record producer, was asked by Oprah Winfrey to perform at at a graduating party for her South African Leadership Academy for...
