Jaku Konbit hosts Kwanzaa celebration
Sunday 29 December 2019 Over a hundred people were at the Ukranian Banquet centre on Byron Avenue last Sunday to celebrate the 2019 Kwanzaa festival. It was hosted by Jaku...
Black Canadian Scholarship Fund dinner-dance
Saturday 30 November 2019 Over two hundred people were at the St. Anthony’s Banquet Hall on Saturday to support the Black Canadian Scholarship Fund at its annual December dinner-dance. Under...
Anti-racism unit for Ottawa
City of Ottawa to establish Anti-Racism Secretariat Councillor Rawlson King’s proposal to establish a policy unit at the City of Ottawa to address systemic racism in our community will be adopted...
Jaku Konbit hosts Ujamaa market
Saturday 23 November 2019 Rideau Community Hub (formerly Rideau High School) was a hive of activities last Saturday as over 50 Black locally owned businesses showcased their products and services...
Ottawa Black Hub holds strategy meeting
Saturday 23 November 2019 613/819 Black Hub is a community advocacy organisation that brings people of African descent in the national capital region together to coordinate volunteer-led efforts to address...
Williams wins Giller book Prize
Ian Williams is the Winner of the 2019 Scotiabank Giller Prize November 18, 2019 Photo by Kennedy Pollard November 18, 2019 (Toronto, Ontario) – Ian Williams has been named the winner...
Kusi-Appiah: Don Cherry: Settler colonial legacy?
Don Cherry: another manifestation of the settler colonial legacy?* by A. Kusi-Appiah, QE scholar, 2019/2020, Carleton University. Giving him the benefit of the doubt: I want to give Don...
Bishop Afolabi: Coming of the Redeemer
The Coming of the Blessed Redeemer By Bishop Jacob Afolabi The Incarnation; “And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her Seed; He...
Dr. Otiono celebrates Bob Dylan
Window Wide Open Professor Nduka Otiono Tracks Bob Dylan’s Uncharted Influence By Nick WardPhotos by Fangliang Xu Crickets are chirpin’ the water is highThere’s a soft cotton dress on the...