Witty, vivacious, trailblazer, icon.  Words can't fully describe the unique individual that is Pam Grier, known for her work  in cult classics like Foxy Brown and Coffy,  to  the critically acclaimed Jackie Brown, where she pl...

Dancers from across the diaspora gathered tin Toronto , for a celebration of dance culture and creativity. The  closing night featured  world- renowned dance companies, Alvin Ailey Dance Company and  PHILADANCECO showcasing their talent a...

Have you ever pondered what motivates Barack Obama? At TIFF this year, through the documentary “Education of Auma Obama” we are given perhaps  a glimpse of the inner-workings of the man through the eyes of his family. By Following  Auma Ob...

  Sprockets, the annual Toronto International Film Festival for Children and Youth launched this week. Running from April 5-17, the 14th annual Sprockets festival, the biggest programme yet, will screen more than 100 films, from 28 countries and in ...

I really needed a break, a get away from it all travel by myself mini vacation kind of trip. I decided to go to Elizabeth, NJ (right next to Newark) for three days because Air Canada had a great seat sale and then to take VIA Rail to Montreal for the we...

Monserrat-born playwright Edgar Nkosi White’s play “I Marcus Garvey” has been enjoying a well-reviewed run at The Papermill Theatre (67 Pottery Road). Directed by Rhoma Spencer, this production, presented by Theatre Archipelago in association with...

Your friend Charles called for you earlier tonight at around seven. Ever since our university days he’s always been the one within your entire posse I always got along with the best. There’s always a welcoming tone in his voice. He seemed eager to t...

Harold Usher, P.Eng., DTM was born in Belize (in Central America) and arrived in Canada in 1963. Harold has devoted most of his life contributing to the betterment of mankind, the community, and his fellow citizens, starting from his childhood membershi...

  “Screaming Man,” an award-winning film by Chadian writer-director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun currently screening at the TIFF Bell Lightbox until March 23rd, poses an important question: “Where is God when humans suffer? With the recent natural tr...

French-Congolese dance performer, choreographer, teacher and philosopher Zab Manoungo epitomizes the concept of the consummate artist. The daughter of a revolutionary African intellectual who fought against colonialism, Zab Manoungo was raised with a Pa...

Born in Omaha, Nebraska, Stacie Jones Upchurch grew up in Colorado. It is important to note that Upchurch hasn’t just relied on her beauty to “make it”.  She attended both Emory and Mercer Universities in Atlanta where she received, respectiv...

Chris Jasper (born Christopher H. Jasper, Cincinnati, Ohio) has been involved in music since his childhood.  At age seven his mother noticed that he was a gifted musician and could play Motown’s songs by ear on his piano;  she encouraged him...

  Perfectly fitting for Black History Month, TIFF Bell Lightbox will present starting tomorrow, Saturday, February 5th, 2011 until Sunday, February 13th, Ousmane Sembène: In the Face of History -- a cinematic retrospective featuring the late Senega...

The Canadian Film Centre kicked off  their  Black History Month celebrations with an enriching evening with award-winning Writer/Director, Spike Lee. Spike is currently on a book promo tour for his latest endeavour,  Spike Lee: Do The Right...

Last week, as part of the TD-sponsored Then and Now: A celebration of Black History Month series of cultural events, Toronto welcomed acclaimed filmmaker Spike Lee. This conversation, moderated by Canadian filmmaker Clement Virgo and presented by the Ca...

Ruined, the 2009 Pulitzer Prize award-winning play, is the latest work by acclaimed playwright Lynn Nottage to make its way to Toronto. This production by Obsidian Theatre in association with Nightwood Theatre is currently running at Berkley Street Thea...

5 years ago I attended an award show which embodied a unique sense of family, community and inspiration, it was the Aroni Awards; a show created to honour the memory of Aron Haile. An accomplished entrepreneur and software developer, Aron died tragically ...

Although Mr.  Dan Hill doesn’t need any introduction, in case you have been living in another planet, allow us to present a résumé of his professional accomplishments.  Mr.  Daniel Grafton Hill IV was born in Toronto (Ontario, Canada)...

A renowned scholar and literary critic, Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. exudes an infectious enthusiasm for genealogical research, the arts, and life.  As Director of the W.E.B Dubois Institute for African and American Research at Harvard University, Dr....

For the past ten years we've watched Trey Anthony grow as an actor, writer, and producer.  Through “Da kink in my hair”,  she introduced audiences to the joys and pains experienced by women of colour.  But in Nora Ephron's “Love, Lo...