Sargeant X Comrade release the music video for “Love Someone”. The new single is part of the Calgary-based duo’s forthcoming album, Lo Fi Future, which arrives July 28 on Mo Gravy Records.
Read MoreUnited African Diaspora (formerly Black People United) is hosting a local celebration on May 27th. This will be Calgary’s second African Liberation Day celebration.
Read MoreJapa is a popular reference word for leaving Nigeria. It’s an originally termed Yoruba word which means ‘Run’. However, Japa isn’t a mere jog. It’s not a 6 am run through the neighborhood and you’re back to your home. For a lot of young people in Nigeria, to Japa means to leave and never return.
Read MoreSarah Uwadiae is exploring mental health in Calgary’s African and Black immigrant communities, creating space for necessary conversations around help and healing.
Read Moreyou can learn to play the Blues. But really, it’s something you gotta be able to feel, it’s something you live. The Blues lives within because it’s all about ‘how are you expressing your soul?’
Read MoreEvery so often, I was told I would turn into "a real Canadian" soon enough
Read MoreOn August 30th 2022, Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN) became the most recent nation in the Caribbean to strike down its laws criminalizing homosexuality. Many gay rights activist groups have excitedly lauded this inherently decolonial move, and while I absolutely did unleash a few sobs of joy at the news, my giddiness has slightly subdued.
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