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Crépu: Our DNA Depicts Black Hair in All Its Glory

The second edition of the Ottawa Black History Month showcase dives deeper into the intricacy of the Black hair journey through art, fashion, technology, advocacy, and self-care.

Curator Nya Lewis on the Role of the Art Institution in the Aftermath of the Black Lives Matter Protests

Where do we go from here?

Following last summer’s BLM protests, art became an important vessel for messaging. But what does it mean when that art is being commissioned by the power structures built on colonial values?

Celebrating Pan-African Fashion With Kali Works

Cultural appreciation.

Based in Montreal and founded in 2019 by Kenya-born Alex Dingiria and Lindani Mokgweetsi in Vancouver, Kali Works pays homage to the collective identity of Africans through fashion.

Sheku Kanneh-Mason

Classically fresh.

Some may say classical music is dead, but so is Edward Elgar, and that doesn’t stop the composer’s music triumphantly reverberating from the bow of cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason.

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