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Shock waves of the economic downturn have a global impact, with few countries escaping the effects on their formal economies. But in the developing world, the informal economy continues to chug along as a significant motor for producing wealth for people beyond the reach of traditional financial institutions and government regulation.

West African artist Rabi Sanfo has found a home for his metal sculptures in Minneapolis. His art has been on display across the Twin Cities in colleges, museums, art exhibits, and very recently at the Minnesota State Fair.

Minneapolis, MN—Liberian-born Helene Cooper, author and diplomatic correspondent for the New York Times, was here on a promotional tour of her book “The House at Sugar Beach: In Search of a Lost African Childhood.”

Seattle, WA—Asha Mohamed knew America was the place for her soon after her arrival in a Kenyan refugee camp. “They gave me two books, a Bible and a pamphlet that talked about the American Constitution.” She was familiar with the former, but found the latter “the most fascinating document that I could ever read.”

TRANSMARA, KENYA – It is five in the morning, and we are climbing the winding dirt road that leads to the entrance gate of the Maasai Mara, Kenya's famous wildlife reserve. Emmanuel Tasur, our Maasai guide, is explaining the rite of passage where a young Maasai warrior, or moran, kills a lion.

Minneapolis based spoken word artist publishes his first book of poetry where he chronicles the journey of recent African immigrants from Africa, to culture-shock and adjusting to life in the United States and finally to their  settlement in cities and towns across the US.

Forget the woeful statistics, the sheer redundancy of reporting on HIV/AIDS among black Americans has itself become depressing.

There are so many important issues for the American people and politicians to pay attention to this election season. Sadly, many people are avoiding productive debate of those issues and are instead seeking to divide our nation along racial and religious lines.

The Nairobi International Book Fair has come a long way covering various milestones in the ten years of its existence.

Wole Soyinka (73), Africa’s first Nobel Prize-winning poet, playwright and activist - and indeed Africa’s literary Ambassador, was the main speaker at the American Theatre Communications Group National Conference that was hosted in the Twin Cities (June 7-9).

Along with over 200 other people crowded into the Walker Art Center performance hall, for over 30 minutes on May 17th,  I watched dancer Faustin Linyekula's mind unfold as he contorted and splayed his body before us, giving physical form and movement to his thoughts on art and immigration.