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Mshale

Mshale is a newspaper for African immigrants in the Americas. Founded in 1996 in Minneapolis, Minnesota,  Mshale Newspaper has been the voice of the African immigrant community in the United States. Using an aspirational editorial tone, Mshale has over the years highlighted both the successes and challenges of the African immigrant community in the Americas. We have always emphasized active engagement with the African immigrant community and those that interact with it.

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Bottineau Transitway: A mobile guided tour

By Tom Gitaa, Mshale

The call came through around 2pm last Friday. I was on a conference call with a client so I let it go to voicemail. It was Wynfred Russell. He is the executive director of ACER (African Career, Education & Resource, Inc.), a Brooklyn Park nonprofit. He was reminding me the next day was the daylong tour of the proposed Bottineau transitway.MORE »

Books for Africa and Thomson Reuters sign $1.2 million agreement

By Guy Western, Mshale

Books for Africa, the largest shipper of donated text books to Africa and Thomson Reuters - Legal, the legal publishing behemoth, on Monday signed a $1.2 million agreement aimed at supporting governing institutions and the rule of law in Africa's emerging democracies.

The agreement signed at Thomson Reuters' headquarters in Eagan, Minnesota, is directed at Books for Africa's Jack MasMORE »

Vigil for slain Kenyan family in Minnesota

By Sahra Mohamud, Mshale

Kenyans in Minnesota held a vigil in the city of Vadnais Heights, Minnesota on Wednesday October 20 to mourn the death of Bilha Omare, 32, and her two children 12-year-old Kinley Ogendi and 9-year-old Ivyn Ogendi.

The three were allegedly killed by Bilha's husband, Justus Kebabe, 43.
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MUSIC | A warm and intimate Meklit Hadero performs at the Cedar

By Susan Budig, Mshale

Friday evening, September 24th, at the Cedar Cultural Center, an invitation handed out to hundreds of the Cedar's neighbors brought in dozens of residents - a 10% response rate-to hear Ethiopian-born Meklit Hadero perform for the first time in Minnesota.MORE »

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