By Lincoln DePradine Musical entertainers Henry “Cosmos’’ Gomez and Roger “Rajiman” Gibbs, and York University’s Nathanael Ojong, were agreed on one thing at the end of a 90-minute interactive workshop, titled “Calypso as Music of Resistance’’, held at the university’s Keele Campus. “It was really great,’’ said Ojong, deputy director of York University’s Harriet Tubman […]
Raptors maintain rhythm to beat Pelicans on SVG Night By Darnel Harris The sights and sounds of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines starred last Thursday night, as the Toronto Raptors hosted the New Orleans Pelicans at the Air Canada Center. In both teams’ first game back after the All Star Break, the Raptors showed no […]
By Lincoln DePradine When a group of young students gathered downtown last Saturday at the University of Toronto Schools (UTS) for a debate competition – called the inaugural “1834 Youth Debates’’ – the organizers, judges, parents and others attending were so impressed with their performances, that one person remarked that he foresees a future […]
Last Friday, on a fresh winter night, the cozy Parkdale Hall on Queen Street West, was the venue of one of the last celebratory moments of Black History Month, just ended two days ago. A night of song and reminiscences with the curious name “King’s Playlist” turned out not to be as curious as it […]
by Sukhram Ramkissoon A 77-year-old citizen of India who I will refer to as “Grandma” is currently in Canada on a super visa. She has been visiting her son and his family in Canada since 2014 and last entered Canada more than three years ago. While in Canada, Grandma has been living with her son, […]
Toronto filmmaker Clement Virgo has worked in the industry for over two decades, yet he says he was surprised to find out that his coming-of-age film set in Scarborough is this year’s leading film nominee heading into the Canadian Screen Awards. Virgo’s feature “Brother,” which is based on the novel by David Chariandy, received 14 […]
By Yolanda T. Marshall Kelvin Nyeusi-Mawazo is a brilliant Canadian-born author, photographer, illustrator, and owner of the publishing company named Black Sun Comics. His comic series, ‘Black Sun’, is set in the fantasy realm of Alkebulan, where powerful heroes unite to reclaim the homeland while battling their enemies. Kelvin is described as “a lover of […]
Grenada-born Jean Augustine, Canada’s first Black female Member of Parliament, in a keynote address last Friday at the Black History Showcase in Concord, Ontario, said Black Canadians have faced prejudice, discrimination and racism” from the very beginning.”. Augustine recalled that when she came to Canada in the early 1960s, “we had no Charter of Rights […]
By Stephen Weir Ho Hum, the Raptors won. But what made last Thursday’s game a never-forget – experience was the playing of the national anthems Caribbean style and a wild Soca half-time show! For the first time ever the NBA Raptors held a Caribbean Heritage Night at a hometown game. Carnival cocktails. Caribbean food. Of […]
By Lincoln DePradine William Peyton Hubbard, an African-Canadian who died in 1935, was elected to city council 15 times and served occasionally as acting mayor of Toronto. In recent years, Scarborough Councillor Michael Thompson held the position of deputy mayor. Mitzie Hunter, however, may upstage both Hubbard and Thompson by becoming the first Black person […]
