Afros In That City is excited to announce that lo fi soul pioneers Sargeant X Comrade, goonda rap stars Cartel Madras and 2020 Polaris Prize winner Backxwash, among others are included in a genre-bending eclectic lineup performing at the Palomino on December 10, 2021.

The art hangs paintings that sing songs of familial hardship and joy.

Joseph’s platform includes investing in arts and culture, creating affordable housing, improving safety through community revitalization, and defunding the police.

As global musical movements have birthed and rebirthed genres, the influence that the blues and its rich, vibrant history has had on just about every genre of music is greatly understated.

Calgary’s 2021 municipal election is on its way, and so is change. Ado sits down with community organizer, high school teacher and City Council candidate Courtney Walcott to discuss his outcomes-based approach to systemic change and vision for Ward 8.

If Black empowerment is such an important cause in real life, is it not also important in virtual ones?

That one day, almost ten years to be exact—this country would be my home too…I wish I knew that discovering things virtually, was another foreshadowing of what was to come.

Like Issa Rae, renaissance man Chris L. Butler writes for a Black audience that is not often glamorized: the Black nerds. BLERD: '80s BABY, '90s KID is Butler’s debut anthology of poems, laced with ‘90s pop culture, hip hop, nostalgic video game and cartoon references and best of all: eloquent, Blackity Black poetry.

A sociological analysis of Normani, Willow, and Lizzo’s presence in pop culture.