For Perpetual Garyeazon, there was only one word to describe her experience last month as she was sworn in as an American citizen during a naturalization ceremony at the Earl Brown Heritage Center in Brooklyn Center.
"(I) am so happy," said Garyeazon, a native of Liberia. A beaming Garyeazon said she was thrilled to be part of the process. She...
The late Joseph Morande Onyambu was born in 1940 to the late Paul Onyambu and Alexina Momanyi at Nyamare Village, Charachani Sub-location, Keera Location, Nyamira District in West Mugirango.
Mzee Morande was the 3rd Born in a family of 8 children: 3 sisters and 5 brothers. He married Yovensia Nyaboke in 1960, and later Maria, Mary, and Josephine respectively.
He was...
BROOKLYN PARK, Minn - Hundreds gathered Sunday at the Brooklyn Junior High School gymnasium for a memorial service to honor the late Joseph Morande Onyambu. Onyambu died Thursday, August 2 in Kisii, Kenya. He was 72.
He was father to prominent Kenyan-American, Paul Morande, on whose account most came to the memorial service as many did not know Mr. Onyambu...
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recognized on Wednesday the crucial role of diaspora communities in national and global development efforts, emphasizing their potential to solve problems in their home countries and spur U.S. economic growth.
“By tapping into the experiences, the energy, the expertise of diaspora communities, we can reverse the so-called ‘brain drain’ that slows progress in so many...
The longtime Twin Cities favorite "The Walker Art Center Music & Movies: In Dreams" continues on Monday August 6 with by far its biggest presentation ever of an African artist, the world-renown "Giant of African Pop" Oliver Mtukudzi.
Oliver Mtukudzi and the Black Spirits will appear for a free open air concert at Loring Park in Minneapolis across the street...
Vaccines keep healthy teens healthy. Did you know that your kids need shots when they begin their teen years? Starting at around 11 or 12 years old, kids need three vaccines. And it’s not too late for your older teenagers who didn’t get these vaccines at 11 or 12 years old. They can get them at their next doctor/clinic...
Ghana's ex-leader Jerry Rawlings has said late president John Atta Mills was suffering from cancer and could only work for a few hours per day before his death earlier this week.
In comments to the BBC's Focus on Africa programme while attending an event in Congo, Rawlings said Mills' death on Tuesday "was not unexpected" and suggested the late president...
Kenyan stand up comedian,Nyambane, aka Walter Mongare has been back in the States these last few weeks but this time as an ambassador for AMREF's "Stand Up for African Mothers" campaign. He makes his half way stop of the US tour on Saturday in the Twin Cities.
The Nairobi based AMREF (African Medical and Research Foundation) has been involved in...
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has introduced the "Safe Families Ordinance” to prevent police from asking about the immigration status of those who have not committed a serious offense.
"The history of this city is written by immigrants and this ordinance is consistent with our values, our economy and personal interests," Emanuel said during a press conference in front of a...
A special screening of the film, Murder in the Cassava Patch, will take place at North Hennepin Community College Fine Arts Theater on friday, July 27.This first screening of the film in the United States will be the culmination of events celebrating the 165th anniversary of Liberia’s independence (July 26).
The film is adapted from acclaimed Liberian writer Bai T....
Too often, people pass by the businesses on Snelling Avenue, near University in St. Paul, without stopping.
As one way to change that, the African Economic Development Solutions (AEDS) group is leading an effort to brand the district that spans Snelling Avenue between University and Minnehaha avenues as “Little Africa.”
Soon, the Central Corridor light rail transit line will run through...
