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Julia Nekessa Opoti is the producer and host of Reflections of New Minnesotans on AM950 where she interviews immigrants from all over the world who have made Minnesota their home, temporary or permanent.As a writer, Nekessa has reported extensively on Somali, Liberian and other immigrant issues in the Twin Cities for the Twin Cities Daily Planet. She served as editor of Mshale, an immigrant African newspaper.Nekessa is the co-founder and publisher of the Kenya Imagine, an opinion and analysis portal that is on hiatus.For questions, tips and story ideas send her an email at nekessa@tcdailyplanet.net.
Julia Nekessa welcomes guest Ahmed Tarrod to discuss the current state of Egyptian politics, as well as the beginning of Ramadan and the mass shooting in Aurora, CO. [Audio below] Continue Reading
Host Julia Nekessa Opoti welcomes Semhar Araia, Founder and Executive Director of DAWN (Diaspora African Women’s Network). [Audio below] Continue Reading
Shannon Pergament, Luis Ortega, and Walda Ifrah discuss the work of the Somali, Latino and Hmong Partnership for Health and Wellness (SoLaHmo) in Minnesota’s immigrant communities. [Audio below] Continue Reading
Julia welcomes Warda to talk about all aspects of a Somali wedding. [Audio below] Continue Reading
This week’s show features Mohammed Meran and Dr. Wilhelmina Holder, co-chairs of this year’s Twin Cities World Refugee Day event. They discuss their own experiences, as well as those of broader refugee communities in the Twin Cities. [Audio below] Continue Reading
Today’s guests are Jesse Mongrue: Liberian Educator, Historian and author of Liberia: America’s Footprint in Africa and Mameneh George. They discuss Liberian relations with the US, the history of Liberia and more. [Audio below] Continue Reading
Steve Philion, St. Cloud State University professor director of the Research Group on Immigrant Workers in Minnesota, discusses recent trends in immigrant and worker rights activism in Minnesota. The research group was formed in response to the massive immigrant marches and demonstrations held across the United States in 2006. [Audio below] Continue Reading
Local Tibetan activists Tenzin Pelkyi and Shenphen Sangpo talk about the struggle for a free Tibet, historically and in the present. [Audio below] Continue Reading
This week I interview Uriel Rosales Tlantechi on the struggles of undocumented immigrant students in Minnesota.
Local spoken-word artist Ibrahim “Ibé” Kaba was born in Guinea, and lived in Sierra Leone before immigrating to the United States as a child. In this interview, he discusses life, his art, and what it means to be ‘African’ in the U.S. [Audio below] Continue Reading