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MinneAfrica
website: http://minneafrica.wordpress.com
location: Minneapolis • MN • United States
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location: Minneapolis • MN • United States
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MinneAfrica
On this website you will find all things African in Minnesota; from concerts and symposiums on our calendar, to news and opinions. In the very near future we will have an expansive directory and a job link section.
Like all other online communities this one grows stronger with your participation. We will greatly appreciate your feedback and encourage you to share your opinions by commenting on articles or blogging for us. Stay in the know by joining our community to receive weekly updates.
We hope that through MinneAfrica you will be able to connect, reconnect and stay connected with Africans and friends of Africans in Minnesota.
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Understanding our Forefathers
Considering the recent celebration of Nigeria’s Independence on October 1st and the upcoming Kenyatta Day celebrated by Kenyans on October 20th, I find myself trying to draw parallels between m...
The Naked Stages Series presents Beverly Cottman’s Layer(s)
Since 1997 “Auntie Beverly” has been telling stories to children and adults in venues that vary from birthday parties to libraries to museums and on the radio. Beverly’s stories are ...
In Kayode Ogundamisi's World
website: http://kayodeogundamisi.blogspot.com
location: LND • United Kingdom
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location: LND • United Kingdom
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In Kayode Ogundamisi's World is an African/Nigerian Oriented Blog about Social, Environmental and Political Justice.
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GroundReport
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GroundReport.com is a citizen news platform democratizing the media by enabling effective participation. Our contributor community includes working journalists, writers from regions under censorship, videographers with independent initiatives and intellectually passionate people the world over.
We recently launched GroundReport.tv, the world's first live streaming citizen news channel.
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AfriGadget
website: http://www.afrigadget.com
location: Kenya
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location: Kenya
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AfriGadget bills itself as "African Ingenuity for African Problems." If you like MAKE magazine, you'll enjoy AfriGadget.
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Mobile Phone Based Auto Security System (Video)
Ruud Elmendorp, a video journalist living in East Africa, has done a more in depth interview with the young Morris Mbetsa who we recently talked about with his mobile phone-based car security system.
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Black Looks
website: http://www.blacklooks.org
location: Nigeria
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location: Nigeria
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It was so right
“Yeah, we’re Americans for 10 seconds then we’re just “niggers”! a documentary on the Black Power salute at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico.
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Demolishing Naipaul
St Lucian poet and Noble Prize winner, Derek Walcott pulverizes VS Naipaul at a literary festival in Jamaica - I had so much pleasure reading this since I am unlikely to ever meet Mr Naipaul I was sa...
Black August, birthdays, prisons & assassinations
Nehanda Abiodun celebrates her 58th birthday in Cuba. Like her friend and fellow activist, Black Panther Assata Shakur, Abiodun has been living in exile in Cuba where she set up a branch of the Black...
Avoiding the slippery road
Ghana has taken a bold initiative towards a systematic establishment of economic, technical and legal framework to manage its oil extraction, whilst maximizing its benefits [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ t...
African Signals
website: http://www.africansignals.com
location: Kenya
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location: Kenya
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African Signals is going to be a weekly videocast of technology news for Africa. I am currently working on the first episode, and will be contacting individuals for interviews.
I’m always looking for new and interesting stories that showcase African ingenuity, technology stories and events that are upcoming.
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AfroMusing
website: http://www.afromusing.com/blog
location: Kenya
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location: Kenya
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419 - Faith Orphan Home
These 419 scam emails are often the source of much hilarity….This one cleverly appeals to your concern for Orphans and apparently emphasizes that you are a child of GOD, and inheritor of the orp...
African Path
website: http://www.africanpath.com/index.cfm
location: United States
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location: United States
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African Path is the premier online destination for Africans online providing daily breaking news and discussions on issues affecting Africans and Africa.
With an engaging mix of breaking news in Africa, blogs, thoughtful discussion and an international community calendar, African Path is geared towards connecting Africans across the world in informed dialogue that leads to progress and growth on the continent.
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Burundi sends troops to Somalia
Burundi has completed its deployment of another 850 soldiers to Somalia, bringing the total number of AU peacekeepers stationed in the war-torn country to about 3 400.
Rwanda: U.S.$38 Million Deal for Fiber Optic Network
In line with the government vision of turning Rwanda into knowledge-based economy through ICT, the Rwandan government has signed a US$ 38 million service support program for the implementation of the ...
World urged not to forget food crisis
As governments pour trillions into shoring up banks, World Food Day will be marked on Thursday by calls to combat hunger and a price spiral.
Blair to captain Scots (AFP)
AFP - Edinburgh scrum-half Mike Blair will captain Scotland in their November Tests against New Zealand, South Africa and Canada.
Capello targets perfect set of four (AFP)
AFP - Fabio Capello has vowed that England will play for a win against Belarus here on Wednesday as he seeks to make it four wins out of four on the road to the World Cup in South Africa in 2010.
Tanzania: Court Stops Teachers' Strike
The Government was granted an injunction after it went to court in a last-ditch attempt to stop thousands of teachers from walking out of classrooms.
Kenya: Now Maize Exports Banned
The Government on Monday moved to secure food sufficiency by banning maize exports indefinitely.
13 immigrants thrown into sea
Thirteen African immigrants have been thrown overboard alive as they attempted to reach Italy by boat, a prosecutor on the island of Sicily says.
Rwanda: First Lady Launches White Ribbon Alliance
First Lady Jeannette Kagame yesterday officially launched the White Ribbon Alliance (WRA)-Rwanda Chaptera branch of an international organisation which raises awareness to improve maternal health in t...
Nigeria: Obasanjo Rejects Reps Indictment on Power Projects
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo rejected, yesterday, the report of the House of Representatives Committee on Power which indicted him and several others for their roles in the award and execution o...
Accra By Day & Night
website: http://accradailyphoto.blogspot.com
location: Accra • • Ghana
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location: Accra • • Ghana
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Accra by Day & Night
Accra is the capital of the small, West African country of Ghana, which achieved its independence in 1957 from its colonial master, the United Kingdom. It celebrates 50 years in 2007, and is projecting itself fast and furiously as "gateway to West Africa". It's an exciting city, with its unique problems, but with it close to the Atlantic ocean, and many beaches, who can resist not coming here? Come along...
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The Maun, Botswana Blog
website: http://the-ngami-times-blog.wikispaces.com/
location: Maun • • Botswana
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location: Maun • • Botswana
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A street level perspective of the people and places that make Maun the 'Gateway to the Okavango Delta.'
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