Orest Ndabeneze at Jua School

Orest Ndabeneze at Jua School

While Orest’s family was successful, they encountered many hardships, this is due to the Rwandan genocide that happened from 1993 to 1994. His family fled Rwanda and moved to Congo for a better life. They were forced to sell their property, their homes and everything that they owned. They lived in Congo for about two years before the Congolese government started kicking people out. This led the Ndabaneze family back to Burundi, where Orest was born.

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Should I be twice as good? Or should you be half as racist?

Should I be twice as good? Or should you be half as racist?

Eve is the founder of Capability Career Group, a Calgary-based organization specializing in diversity, inclusion and belonging, academic advising, career development and employment skills workshops.

Eve started in this industry by working for employment agencies in Calgary and seeing first-hand just how rigged the system is.

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Misha Maseka at Lemba Studio

Misha Maseka at Lemba Studio

Misha was born in Swaziland and raised in South Africa, Australia and Canada. She credits the African continent’s rich culture of music and singing as well as the church, for her early appreciation of music.

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