If Paul Wellstone, the late U.S. senator from Minnesota, is looking down from the heavens, he is smiling and happy to see what became of the young Kenyan woman whose family he saved from deportation decades ago.
That young woman was Huldah Momanyi Hiltsley, who made history on Tuesday. When voters chose her to represent District 38A in the Minnesota...
African immigrants should get out and vote in large numbers Tuesday because the 2024 elections could be the most consequential ever for the continent and its Diaspora, according to several leaders from the community.
The leaders include a former elected official, an incumbent up for re-election, and candidates seeking election on both Democratic and Republican tickets. They were responding to...
On Saturday Oct. 26, I went around the parking lot of Kenyan Community Church (KCC) in Brooklyn Center to drop off the latest print copies of Mshale. It is something I have done for 20 years on occasional Saturdays, the day of worship for the Seventh-day- Adventist (SDA) church that serves Kenyan immigrants.
Mshale has a contracted distributor who does...
On Sunday, the African Diaspora Coalition, gathered to give a financial boost to African diaspora candidates on the ballot next week in Minnesota House of Representative races. The fundraiser comes in the homestretch of the November election, where their victories will be vital in maintaining Democratic control of the Minnesota House.
The event, held at the Brooklyn Park Small Business...
The traveling route from Mali to Côte d’Ivoire to Senegal form an isosceles triangle and would take days if not weeks to travel. The Cedar Cultural Center is making it easy on us to figuratively book the trip by hosting an evening in the middle of the week featuring musicians from all three countries.
On Wednesday, November 13th, Habib Koité,...
Hennepin Healthcare System has appointed Mohamed Omar as its first Somali Board of Directors chairman since the system began operating as Minneapolis City Hospital in 1887.
Mr. Omar is the chief administrative officer for the 141-year-old Minneapolis-based Washburn Center for Children, and was previously the controller and chief accountant at the Metropolitan Council.
Hennepin Healthcare System (HHS), is a public corporation...
Brookly Park City Councilmember Boyd Morson censure came up for a six-month review at the October 14 council meeting. He has been censured twice – in March 2022 and again in April 2024.
At the Council meeting last week, after a lengthy discussion, members decided to keep the censure in place because Councilmember Morson has continued to violate terms of...
The city of Brooklyn Park celebrated the second year of its relationship with Udu, a Nigerian urban center that became a sister city in 2023.
The ceremony, which took place recently at Hennepin Community College, featured various performances including dance, spoken word, and a townhall-style conversation with award-winning Nigerian actor, writer and producer, Richard Mofe-Damijo. Mofe-Damijo, who in the past...
The Minnesota Somali Community Center hosted its annual Samafal Gala on Saturday night in Columbia Heights.
Hundreds gathered to honor community healthcare providers and healthcare entrepreneurs involved in addressing the opioid epidemic facing the Somali community, as well as elected officials that have championed the interests of the community at the Legislature.
The honorees were recognized for embodying the spirit of...
While Twins fans were watching their team lose to the Marlins a few blocks away, fans of Richard Bona were luxuriating in his winsome music at The Dakota on Thursday, September 26th.
Watching Cameroonian Bona and his band play was equally as exciting as watching a sporting event. There was constant communication—a smile, a raised eyebrow, a shoulder shrug—between Bona...
A group of Somali American imams, scholars and other leaders have endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president because another Donald Trump presidency would be too devastating to their community, they said.
The coalition of 35 religious leaders and scholars endorsed Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, following a recent three-day summit in St. Cloud, about 75...