Erragab Eljanhaoui is a Ph.D. candidate at the Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences at Ibn Zohr University in Agadir, Morocco, and a Fulbright scholar at Salisbury University in Maryland, USA. Eljanhaoui’s focus includes Barbary captivity narratives, desert studies, postcolonialism, posthumanism, ecocriticism, and nomadism. With his background in comparative literature studies, he challenges how the […]
Daniel Richardson is a Ghanaian filmmaker and multimedia professional with over a decade of experience in television and video production. He is fascinated by the African story and narratives that have the potential to positively impact humanity. He holds a BFA in Film and Television Production from the National Film and Television Institute (NAFTI), Ghana, […]
Yvette is a PhD student in Global Health at York University. Her research will assess the association between socioeconomic status, intersectionality and Tuberculosis treatment outcomes among people living with HIV in Rwanda. Yvette has a Masters in Global Health Delivery, Gender and Sexual Reproductive Health track from the University of Global Health Equity in Rwanda […]
Olayinka Akinseesin is a PhD student in Law at York University. His research explores the intersections of intellectual property law, artificial intelligence, and social justice, with particular attention to how emerging technologies impact African and diasporic communities. He holds an LLM from York University and a Bachelor of Laws from Afe Babalola University, and he […]
Leidy Marcela Alpízar Alpízar (ABD), is a Ph.D. Candidate in African History from York University, she is working on her current doctoral research, “The Impact of the Church Missionary Society in Yorubaland from 1841 to 1891”. Alpizar holds a master’s degree in history from Universidad de Costa Rica, and she is a tenured professor in […]
Tatiane Reis is always pursuing both theoretical knowledge and hands-on experience to fight for social justice, especially in the Global South. Her experience as a history teacher in Brazil was one of the possibilities that she has found to share knowledge and foster community-oriented actions. As an African Brazilian PhD Student in Gender, Feminist and […]
I am Physiotherapist, Gerontologist and Sexual Health Counselor. I am currently doing my master in Kinesiology and Health science. My research interest is on older adults, sexual health and geriatric Physiotherapy. Keywords: older adults, falls prevention, mobility, gender-based violence, adolescent sexual health, Menstruation hygiene and older adult sexual health.
Calypso and Caribbean Acoustic singer/guitarist and recording artist originally from Barbados, settled in Toronto in 1986. Roger was a performing member of COBA (Collective of Black Artists) from 1995 to 2013. In 2009 and 2012 he was Musical Director of Theatre Archipelago’s production of I, Marcus Garvey, directed by Rhoma Spencer. Roger served from 2006-2019 […]
Guita Banan is a doctoral student in the Graduate Program in Science and Technology Studies (STS) at York University. She studies history of neuroscience, ethics of neurotechnology, and neurobiological conceptions of humanness through the lens of Feminist STS and Black Studies. The focus of her PhD research is early clinical neurology in the late 19th […]
Daysha Loppie is a journalist and researcher based in Toronto. She has a Bachelor of Journalism and a Black Studies minor from Toronto Metropolitan University. Her journalism was published in the Toronto Star, West End Phoenix, ByBlacks, The Local and more. She’s interested in long-form feature writing and primarily covers Black communities, social justice, business, arts […]