By Lynn Desjardins | When people talk about being subjected to anti-black racism, their friends or acquaintances will often downplay it, says Anthony Morgan, a lawyer and a community advocate. He says being black in Canada can sometime be suffocating. ‘Silencing a lot of African-Canadians’ “Often the experience of black people isn’t recognized when it comes to suffering, anti-black racism, issues of poverty. So, while we have different laws and
Toronto charity set to celebrate Black History Month
February 1, 2017
By Lynn Desjardins | Toronto’s Harbourfront Centre is set to kick off two weekends of activities in what it bills as Toronto’s longest-running celebration of Black History Month. This is the 22nd edition of the Kuumba festival and it will focus on “the current political climate through workshops, panel discussions, comedy, music, film and more.” Community activist and author Desmond Cole will moderate discussions on “some of the most pressing issues
Forgotten identity: Alberta black history not taught in schools
February 1, 2017
Bashir Mohamed came into the world stateless. He was born in Kenya in 1994 as a Somali refugee. At the time, Somalia’s central government had collapsed and Kenya did not recognize those born there as citizens, so he was without citizenship.
Windsor woman rejects ‘African-American’ label
February 1, 2017
Linda McCurdy says Canadians have much to learn about our country’s lengthy black history By Peter Duck, CBC News A black woman says people in Windsor should rethink the term they use when referring to people such as herself. Linda McCurdy’s ancestors escaped from slavery in the United States and arrived in Amherstburg 185 years ago. “I’ve been here long enough not to have to identify with some place else.”– Linda McCurdy
Linda McCurdy on Black History Month
February 1, 2017
On the first day of Black History Month, we spoke to local lawyer and activist Linda McCurdy.
ViewPoint | Why it’s time for Black History month to go
February 1, 2017
OPINION: Writer Bee Quammie delves into Black History Month in Canada
New Canadian postage stamp for Black History Month 2017
February 1, 2017
The annual month long celebration and highlighting of Black History and accomplishments in Canada begins tomorrow for the month of February. This year Canada Post has issued a stamp to commemorate the arrival of Mathieu da Costa, the first black man to set foot in what became Canada. Sometimes going by the name d’Acosta, he was an African from the Benin Empire of West Africa hired as a translator for
Black Girls Magazine now available
January 14, 2017
‘Black Girls Magazine‘ was the brainchild of Annette Bazira-Okafor, the mother of two daughters, who realized they were living in a vacuum in Toronto. The epiphany came during Bazira-Okafor’s PhD research at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE). “So you kind of have, as a black mother, to sort of get out of your way and make an extra effort to find something out there that represents who
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