Cape Town - Their music is dubbed Afro-pop or Afro-fusion, it is original and incredibly enjoyable to listen to. The style combines certain elements of traditional South African music with blues, jazz and a spoonful of indie rock.
Freshlyground was formed in Cape Town in 2002 and members hail from South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe and are a "Rainbow Nation"...
What is measles?
Measles is a very serious and contagious disease caused by a virus. Because so many people are vaccinated, measles is no longer common in the United States. But it is still common in many other countries and may be brought into the U.S. by unvaccinated travelers, which is what happened in Minneapolis in the spring of 2011....
Mayflower Early Childhood Center in south Minneapolis is accepting applications for the 2013-14 school year. Deadline is March 1, 2013.
The school, located on Diamond Lake road just off the 35W exit has a top rating from Parent Aware of four stars. Parent Aware is a free service for Minnesota parents searching for child care and early education providers.
Leah Popova,...
DAVOS, Switzerland - The actress Charlize Theron and two documentary filmmakers received awards for their humanitarian work as the World Economic Forum opened in Davos Tuesday.
Ms. Theron, who won the best actress Oscar in 2004 for the film "Monster," was honored Tuesday for her work fighting H.I.V. among impoverished young people in South Africa, where she was born.
Ms. Theron's...
A day after meeting with President Obama and receiving recognition for his government, the new Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was greeted by a sea of waving flags in the hands of Somali-Minnesotans Friday evening at the Minneapolis Convention Center.
Speaking mostly in Somali, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud addressed about 4,000 jubilant supporters and thanked the U.S. government for recognizing...
Dr. Edwin Bogonko, a former Kenya Medical Association secretary was last night installed as president of the 5,000 member Twin Cities Medical Society, the largest component society of the Minnesota Medical Association which represents most Minnesota physicians. The 10,000 member statewide MMA has 31 such component societies around the state with TCMS, which represents most metro area doctors, being...
Leo Sarkisian was going to be an artist. Then his life took a major turn when he headed overseas, to remote corners of the world, to record previously unknown tribal music. He turned that into a decades-long run of hosting an African music show on Voice of America.
The man who founded Voice of America’s “Music Time in Africa” program...
In the midst of divisive political debates over gun control and tax-and-spending policies, the White House promised to keep a close eye on immigration reform. Just a week after being re-elected, President Barack Obama said he expects a bill to be introduced and acted upon in Congress soon after his inauguration on January 21. Then during a December 30...
By Bruce Johansen & TC Daily Planet
Until Abdiasis (Abdi) Hirsi was hired as community outreach coordinator for SPOKES Bike Walk Connect last August, he had never ridden a bicycle. These days Hirsi’s work involves teaching other East African residents of Minneapolis’s Seward, Cedar-Riverside, and Phillips neighborhoods that biking is a healthy, safe, and enjoyable alternative mode of transportation. This...
The federal government conducted more than 200,000 deportations of parents who said their children are U.S. citizens in a timespan of just over two years, according to new data obtained by Colorlines. The figures represent the longest view to date of the scale of parental deportation.
Between July 1, 2010, and Sept. 31, 2012, nearly 23 percent of all deportations—or,...
South African singer Lira is excited to perform at an inauguration ball for American president Barack Obama in January, she said on Wednesday.
"I'm very excited. I got the invite about three weeks ago," she said in Pretoria.
"The president will be present during my performance and I hope I get to meet him."
During the inauguration taking place in Washington on...
