BCQ celebrates 50 years with a gala evening
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BCQ celebrates 50 years with a gala evening

Rosie Awori The privileges that many Black Quebecers enjoy presently can be attributed to the work that organizations such as the Black Coalition of Quebec (BCQ), put in. And...

Montreal International Black Film Festival Kicks off
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Montreal International Black Film Festival Kicks off

Rosie Awori The Montreal International Black Film Festival (MIBFF) is coming to Montreal for the 15th year in a row. The festival is Canada’s largest film event that’s purely...

African Countries to Adopt Swahili as a Formal Language
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African Countries to Adopt Swahili as a Formal Language

During the recently concluded 39th Ordinary Summit of Southern African Development Community (SADC) at the Julius Nyerere International Center, Tanzanian president, John Magufuli asked his fellow heads of state...

ZIMBABWEAN STALWART ROBERT MUGABE GOES TO GLORY
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ZIMBABWEAN STALWART ROBERT MUGABE GOES TO GLORY

ROBERT MUGABE DIED AT A SINGAPORE HOSPITAL ON SEPTEMBER 6 Rosie AWORI “Mash it up-a in-a Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe)//Africans a-liberate (Zimbabwe) No more internal power struggle //We come together to...

Feds putting up $25 Million for Canada’s Black Community
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Feds putting up $25 Million for Canada’s Black Community

Rosie Awori Canada’s Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, Jean Yves Duclos, was at the Mandela Centre of the Cote Des Neiges Black Community Association on August 27....

African Roundup Sept 5, 2019
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African Roundup Sept 5, 2019

XENOPHOBIA ON THE RISE IN SOUTH AFRICA According to reports by South African police, five people have died in the violence that has spread around Johannesburg. The nationalities of...

KILL THE MESSENGER
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KILL THE MESSENGER

Sticks and Stones expressed his exhaustion with the mechanics of public shaming. Rosie AWORI As a comedian, Dave Chappelle has been one thing and that is consistent. The iconoclast,...

Frank Baylis walks away from politics
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Frank Baylis walks away from politics

“Three quarters of us MP’s are underworked, there’s work to be done but it isn’t really being done.” Rosie AWORI “We were busy like crazy doing nothing…. I tried...

African Roundup Aug 22
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African Roundup Aug 22

SUDAN USHERS A NEW ERA The bloody and oppressive regime that characterized Omar-al-Bashir’s rule came to an end in April 2019, and soon after that the country erupted in...

Carving His Own Path
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Carving His Own Path

By Rosie Awori Julian McKenzie is carving his own path in the hardscrabble world of journalism “I had to learn and adapt to different things and do a number...