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Mwangi joins City of Champlin’s Environmental Resources Commission
Samuel Mwangi, a hospitality industry veteran, has been admitted to the City of Champlin's Environmental Resources Commission (ERC) as a commissioner representing the city's...
Is your Non-profit status current or has it been revoked?
It has been a few years now since the Internal Revenue Service’s ruling that all non-profits must file their taxes. Those non-profits that failed...
Senate Set to Introduce Immigration Reform Bill
In the wake of the November 2012 election, this year is an ideal time for Congress and the President to agree on a specific...
Liberian Nobel Peace Prize winner, Leymah Gbowee, to speak in Minnesota on April 27
Nobel Peace Prize recipient Leymah Gbowee of Liberia will speak at at the Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Brooklyn Park as part of...
For Margaret Thatcher, few tears shed in South Africa
The late British prime minister once labeled Nelson Mandela's political group a terrorist organization. Three years after Thatcher left office, Mandela became South Africa's...
Event seeks to increase civic engagement among African immigrants
The African Immigrant Services (AIS), in collaboration with the Diversity and Equity Department of North Hennepin Community College (NHCC ), Brooklyn Park’s Diversity Team,...
Hennepin County Board of Commissioners appoints Liberian-American to County Library Board
The Hennepin County Board of Commissioners has appointed Wynfred Russell of Brooklyn Park to the Hennepin County Library Board. Russell, originally from Liberia, will...
New minority-owned dental clinic opens in Brooklyn Park
"My mission is to provide dentistry and help my patients keep their teeth as healthy as possible their entire life," said Dr. Chisom Nwokocha,...
Digital music, the African way
SERRAVAL, FRANCE — The music business recently celebrated a milestone in the form of its first annual revenue growth since 1999, but one region,...
Chinua Achebe’s legacy and the Need for more African voices in U.S.-Africa policy dialogues
Chinua Achebe died Thursday, March 21, 2013 at a Boston hospital
Chinua Achebe, the literary giant from Nigeria, passed away last Thursday. In his various...
African literary giant, Chinua Achebe, dies at 82
“The white man is very clever. He came quietly and peaceably with his religion. We were amused at his foolishness and allowed him to...