Immigrants

Soccer Fight raises concern about future of Hmong soccer

By Wameng Moua, Hmong Today
With the score tied at 1-1 midway through the second-half, the soccer match between “International” and “Vipers” was a tightly fought struggle that included much physical play.

A team comprised of

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Artist "Daddy V" talks music

By Helen Kinuthia, Mshale
Popular for his hit single 'Nare' (Swahili slang word meaning Fire), Daddy V, a Kenyan artist who lives in Dallas is marking his territory in the music scene.MORE »

Wonderful sights, sounds, scents at the Thai Summer Festival in Shoreview

By Bety Rostandy, Asian American Press

Visitors enjoy 10 different food vendors along the entry to Island Lake Park. Here, one of the stalls sells finger foods, salads and drinks that were popular on the hot Saturday afternoon. (AAP staff photo by Bety Rostandy)

Walking into Island Lake Ramsey County Park in Shoreview last Saturday was a lot like walking through a Bangkok street market.

There were the food stands, along with arts and crafts vendors, and ev

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Nameless: He is so mannerless

By Helen Kinuthia, Mshale
Minneapolis was definitely the place most East Africans were a weekend ago to watch David Mathenge, famously known as Nameless, in concert.MORE »

Irish in Rondo

I must go down to the place where all the ladders start, 
the bone and rag shop of the heart.
 —William Butler Yeats  by Patrick O’Dougherty MORE »

Afrifest and African Global Roots: Twin celebrations of African-Minnesotan culture

By Nekessa Opoti, TC Daily Planet

Afrifest 2007

Drums and music, prose and poetry, storytelling and spoken word are all quintessential elements of African culture.
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“No Word for Art” highlights the richness of Hmong art

By Deb Pleasants, TC Daily Planet

Painting provided courtesy of Kao Lee Thao; additional artwork can be viewed at http://www.innerswirl.com

Art. The word is used to describe anything from a rare Rembrandt to a cork-covered car.MORE »

Voices within the Somali community

By Hamuda Ahmed, Southside Pride
Somalis began migrating to the United States throughout the ’90s, as a result of a catastrophic civil war that, after nearly two decades, has yet to end.MORE »
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