Africonexion: Cultural Consultants

10/31/2024

Watunukiwa wa Tuzo ya Planting People Growing Justice Leadership Institute, katika sherehe iliyofanyika Women's Club of Minneapolis, Oktoba 25, 2024.

10/29/2024

On October 25, 2024, I received a 2024 Excellence in Education award from Planting People Growing Justice. The award is given "in recognition of the many contributions of individuals within the community." The ceremony was held at the Women's Club of Minneapolis.

05/12/2024

WAJUE WAASISI WA "CHICKENS IN THE BUS"

Mwanzoni mwa kitabu changu cha “Chickens in the Bus: More Thoughts on Cultural Differences,” nimeelezea chimbuko la hiki kitabu. Nimemtaja rafiki yangu mSomali Bashe Said k**a chanzo muhimu:

"There was another source of inspiration. In 2007, Bashe Said, a Somali friend of mine, asked me to write a column for his newspaper, the "African News Journal." I wrote "Chickens in the Bus," "Do You Have an Accent?," "It Takes a Village to Raise a Child," "African Time," and "Will I Ever be a Millionaire."

Bashe mwenyewe ndio huyu anayeonekana nami katika hii picha ambayo tulipiga jana tarehe 11 Mei, 2024 hapa chuoni St. Olaf. Nimebahatika kuwa na wadau wengi k**a Bashe, wa mataifa mbali mbali, ambao wako bega kwa bega nami. Ni baraka kubwa nami ninamshukuru Mungu daima.

04/13/2024

BOOK: CHICKENS IN THE BUS: MORE THOUGHTS ON CULTURAL DIFFERENCES
AUTHOR: JOSEPH MBELE
REVIEWER: MAPALO KASENSE (16 years old)
About this book:
This small and splendid book is a sequel to Africans and Americans: Embracing Cultural Differences. I, therefore, recommend reading Africans and Americans: Embracing Cultural Differences first so as to appreciate this one better.
Every chapter gives you a different perspective of life out there in America, if you’re in Africa, and out in Africa if you’re in America. It is very educational and eye opening for students studying courses in relation to culture, and also those travelling around the world.
What caught my attention?
In chapter 2: ‘Do You Have an Accent?’ the writer poses an important question, Why should someone with a proper Nigerian or Ugandan accent be pressured to speak like an American? Why should someone with a proper Jamaican or British accent be pressured to speak like an American? It is food for thought especially to Africans who go abroad and two days later, they’re already copying other people’s ways of speaking, and the western world which expects Africans to speak exactly like them.
Do I recommend?
I read every page of this book with enjoyment and I don’t t regret the time I borrowed from reading my school work. I really like everything, especially the fact that it does not diverge from what it is supplementing but rather adding more thoughts on cultural differences and at the same time addressing issues that were not addressed in the first book.
So yes, I recommend.

04/09/2024

02/25/2024

A READER'S TESTIMONY

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02/16/2024

02/16/2024

https://mnprairieroots.com/2024/02/13/minnesota-cultural-consultant-author-to-talk-about-chickens-in-the-bus-more/

A flag ceremony, representing the country of origins of many peoples who call Faribault home, was part of the 2015 International Festival Faribault. Joseph Mbele is shown just to the right of cente…

01/29/2024

We want to bring literary events to Faribault on a routine basis. We're excited to announce our next event features Joseph Mbele. An author and English Professor at St Olaf.
Please join us at this free event at 6:00 on Thursday Feb 15.

01/19/2024

01/12/2024

Mark your calendars!

12/10/2023

A glimpse at the realities Africans Americans encounter upon moving to Africa. In this video I mention my work as a cultural consultant helping Africans and ...

10/10/2023

https://www.youtube.com/live/Au4IbTrlWkc?si=lk4AzZhCzcce03QS

Good morning, Africa | Introducing Professor Joseph Mbele BookTV, CHICKENS IN THE BUS, More Thoughts on Cultural Differences

09/27/2023

08/10/2023

This video offers advice to African Americans moving to Africa regarding the need to prepare in advance by learning about African culture. I urge them to rea...

07/06/2023

MY ONLINE COURSE FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS MOVING TO AFRICA

06/30/2023

06/04/2023

A talk about the need to understand and embrace cultural differences