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Published 07/02/2009 - 5:48 p.m. GMT

At the Minnesota Zoo during the Music in Zoo performance by Femi Kuti and King Sunny Ade on Tuesday, June 30 2009
At the Minnesota Zoo during the Music in Zoo performance by Femi Kuti and King Sunny Ade on Tuesday, June 30 2009 (Photo: Richard Ooga/Mshale)

Wilson Coker left his Nigerian homeland 17 years ago.  He now supervises a group home for Ramsey County, Minnesota.  Tuesday evening, although still dressed in business attire, he moves his hips in true Nigerian dance style.  He might have lost a bit of his accent, but he hasn’t lost the beat of traditional dance.

He came to the Minnesota Zoo on June 30th to hear a favorite musician, King Sunny Adé who opened the evening of Nigerian music to a near-capacity crowd of over 1300 people.  He stayed to experience superstar Femi Kuti close the house.

Published 07/02/2009 - 4:28 p.m. GMT

12-year-old Mohamud Ahmed Mohamud, aka 'Sheikh Mohamud' wowed convention attendees with his knowledge and wit
12-year-old Mohamud Ahmed Mohamud, aka 'Sheikh Mohamud' wowed convention attendees with his knowledge and wit (Photo: Sahra Bashir/Mshale)

Despite fears of distractions from  the mis sing Somali youth saga that has engulfed the Somali community in Minnesota, the Abubakar As-Saddique Islamic Center held its 9th Annual Convention at the Minneapolis Convention Center over the  weekend where thirty speakers addressed 10,000 people over three days. Participants said it was encouraging to see the number of attendees, the breadth of topics, and the scope of talent.

 
Published 06/24/2009 - 8:34 p.m. GMT

Somali girls in prayer at the Abubakar As-Sadique Mosque in Minneapolis.
Somali girls in prayer at the Abubakar As-Sadique Mosque in Minneapolis. (Photo: Julia Opoti/Mshale)

CLARKSON, GA. -– In this small town on the edge of Atlanta, the FBI and local law enforcement are looking out for an alarming kind of crime: radical Islamist terrorists potentially trying to recruit the town's young Somali-Americans to fight a war in Africa.

There is terrorist recruitment taking place already in Minnesota, said Clarkston police chief Tony J. Scipio. That's why his department and the FBI are looking for anything similar in the Somali-American community here in Clarkston.

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