By Yvonne Sam PRIDE Columnist In the history of the world there is no example of a culture, civilization or country that has survived in the absence of an intact family unit. From a historical perspective, this has meant father, ...
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The Heritage Singers Canada: Forty Years — And Counting — Of Promoting Caribbean And African Folk Culture
TORONTO, Ontario October 17, 2017 — Many people are familiar with Caribbean songs in the forms of reggae and calypso, however, precious few are familiar with the wealth of Caribbean folk songs. To remedy this situation, Toronto-based Heritage Singers Canada ...
Read More »Jamaican Reggae Crooner, Richie Stephens, Receives Two ASCAP Awards In England
KINGSTON, Jamaica, October 17, 2017 — This year is turning out to be one of the biggest years of Richie Stephens’ musical career. After being honored with a Pop award at the ASCAP Pop Music Awards in Hollywood in April ...
Read More »Jolly Wins 2017 Toronto Book Awards
TORONTO, Ontario, October 17, 2017 — Last Thursday night, B. Denham Jolly won the 2017 Toronto Book Awards, which was presented at the Toronto Reference Library, for his memoir, “In the Black: My Life”, published by ECW Press. Established by ...
Read More »A Proposed Model For Structuring A New Black Legal Clinic In Ontario
By Kingsley P. Gilliam M.A. Guest Writer The need to create a new Black legal clinic arose out of the failure of the African Canadian Legal Clinic (ACLC) to demonstrate accountability to the community it serves and to its principal ...
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