Tag: kenyans in Minnesota
Music, barbecue mark Kenya’s Madaraka Day in Minnesota
The sound of Afrobeat music could be heard against a backdrop of dancing men and women, in between the movements, small group conversations in...
Miguna Miguna to Raila Odinga: You are a prisoner of yourself
BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. - A Miguna Miguna diaspora forum in Minnesota veered into unexpected territory last weekend for those unfamiliar with his non-public persona:...
Kenya moving from tribal kingpins to criminal leaders
Kenya's renowned photojournalist and human rights activist, Boniface Mwangi, told a friendly and diverse group of Kenyans in Minnesota a sobering reality they might...
Kenyan-American stabbing victim fundraiser is Saturday September 3
Friends and family gathered Wednesday for a visitation and viewing of the body of 21-year old Sean Maina who was stabbed in Dinkytown, a...
Wells Fargo gives $180,00 to Twin Cities-area nonprofits
MINNEAPOLIS - Wells Fargo Bank on Tuesday presented checks worth $180,000 in grants to 17 Twin Cities-area nonprofits whose missions span a variety of...
Ex-Minneapolis mayor delivers keynote address on Jamhuri Day, urges Kenyans to...
ST.LOUIS PARK, Minn. (Mshale) - Before the keynote speaker took the podium at a local hotel Saturday on the occasion of Kenya's 52 years...
Hundreds bid farewell to the late Henry Gichaba
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. - There was not a single empty seat inside the Kenyan Community SDA Church on the day the Kenyan-American community in...
Former Minneapolis Mayor, Sharon Sayles Belton, to keynote Kenya Independence Day...
Former Minneapolis Mayor, Sharon Sayles Belton, will be the keynote speaker at Minnesota's Kenya Independence Day Dinner on Saturday, December 12, chairwoman of the...
Gichaba death: Family announces visitation and funeral arrangements
There will be a visitation today (November 12) for Henry Gichaba, a Kenyan-American that was found dead in his apartment on November 3 by...
Minnesota Kenyans and Liberians mourn loss of two that shared first...
Kenyans and Liberians in Minnesota are in a state of shock after bodies of two members of their communities that share a first name...
Kenya’s Majority Leader, Aden Duale, defends Islam at Minnesota meeting
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (Mshale) - Kenya's Majority leader in parliament, Aden Duale, gave a strong defense of Islam, describing it as a "religion of peace,"...