Spotify recently launched its Afro Hub initiative as part of its Global Cultures Project. “It’s our mission to uncover every layer of this ancient, expressive and rhythmic musical culture which is an important component of today’s mainstream, modern music,” the popular music streaming service said.
This is a welcome and calculated move by the streaming giant, especially considering the global...
If you are eligible to vote but you are not registered as a voter, Minnesota law allows you to register on election day by doing the following:
a.) bringing your ID that has your current address or if you don’t have one, a permit, passport, school ID, military or tribal ID, student fee statements, a lease agreement valid through election...
MINNEAPOLIS - The African Awards, organized annually by Mshale Newspaper, held its glittering seventh African Awards Gala on Saturday, October 13 at the World Headquarters of Target Corporation in Minneapolis. This year marked the first time that the African Awards have been held away from a hotel ballroom or convention center, a result of a major commitment at last...
NEW YORK - "A singer with a voice so extraordinary that the history of Africa seems locked inside it" is how Rolling Stones once described Youssou N'Dour. Others just choose to describe him as the 'Voice of Africa' and with more than 30 albums including the Grammy-winning Egypt (2005), the singer from Senegal proved on Saturday why such accolades...
The midterm elections are on November 6 and as previously announced, Mshale was going to make endorsements in areas around the Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area where many of our readers reside. We reach a global audience through mshale.com and are indeed regarded as an authoritative voice for the African immigrant community in the Americas but a lot of our...
The Trump administration on Wednesday published a proposed a new rule to be effective in fall 2019 that will establish a maximum period of authorized stay for international students.
The proposed rule, published on the government website reginfo.gov says the need for such a rule is "intended to decrease the incidence of non-immigrant student overstays and improve the integrity of...
Kinobe is an artist at the cutting edge of contemporary traditional music from Africa. Born in Uganda, now living in the United States, Kinobe has done something rare. In addition to mastering the Baganda traditional arts he grew up with, like playing the deep-toned buzzy endongo lyre and the endingidi one-string fiddle, he has gone beyond ethnic and national boundaries to study a...
In his address to the general debate at the Assembly’s 73rd session that concluded last week, President George Manneh Weah of Liberia expressed appreciation for the UN peacekeeping mission in his country, UNMIL, noting that it brought stability and helped rebuild Liberia’s institutions and communities.
“We are a peacekeeping success story, and we are grateful for the support given,” he...
NEW YORK - Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta attended the official launch of the much-anticipated Kenya Airways non-stop flights between Nairobi and New York during a dinner atop the Rockefeller Center during United Nations Week.
The dinner, underwritten by Boeing, was held at the Rockefeller Center on the 50th floor overlooking the New York night skyline.
Accompanied by his foreign minister Monica...
A new bill in the United States Congress seeks to allow students on F-1 visas to seek permanent resident status “while a student or during Optional Practical Training.”
The bill, H.R. 6794, known as the “Immigration Innovation Act of 2018,” was introduced on Thursday by Colorado Republican Rep. Mike Coffman and Illinois Democrat Raja Krishnamoorthi, an Indian-American. The main thrust...
Africa is not a place that usually comes to mind when one thinks of great art festivals. Following independence, African countries mostly focused on the area of academics that had the potential to lead to white-collar jobs. Arts education was almost nonexistent, as art was seen as something to do only after all else had failed. The idea that...
