When President Trump labeled Somali immigrants “garbage,” he weaponized presidential power to diminish an entire community. As novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie warned in her TED Talk “The Danger of ...

The problem with stereotypes and misrepresentations is not that they are usually untrue; it is that they are often incomplete .

By Kenneth KgwadiIn one of the most influential TED Talks to date, acclaimed Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie explores “The Danger of a Single Story.” She argues that to truly understand any ...

Short books can hold enormous emotional weight, capturing grief, love and fear with a precision that longer novels often miss ...

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights emphasizes that all people are born with inherent dignity and equal rights. Adopted in 1948, the declaration outlines 30 rights and freedoms that belong to ...

A few weeks ago, hundreds of people were reportedly killed in post-election conflict in the Republic of Tanzania, a fellow ...

Everything I know about Afghanistan, I learned primarily from Khaled Hosseini’s books. By everything, I mean the way Afghans live, their day-to-day activities, relationships, the food, the ...

A reader from Wisconsin contends it is unfair to demonize all Somali Americans simply because some of them have been accused of committing fraud.

The Somali American story includes triumphs over war and displacement, civic engagement in American politics, and contributions to Minnesota’s economy. When politicians or the media reinforce the ...

How Oversharing Became a Product in a Digital World. Darren McGarvey (Ebury) and Hounded: Women, Harms and the Gender Wars. Jenny Lindsay (John Wiley and Sons ...

Valerie Chinoyerum Opia fondly called Valerie of Africa, is the latest Nigerian female to achieve the historic feat of ...

I found myself genuinely puzzled by this question, unsettled even, because it challenged an assumption I had carried ...