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January 2006

Welcome to our Archives page. On this page you will find totaly 14 of our articles broken down into Months and Years.
DIY success story - Meet Toronto musical duo: The Carps
Music
AfroToronto Team

DIY success story - Meet Toronto musical duo: The Carps

“Seize the Day” not only serves as a partial definition of the name of the duo of Jahmal Tonge and Neil White but also sufficiently describes their philosophy in creating their music and how t read more..
The Betrayal Project: The erotic dance of heartbreak
Dance
Meres J. Weche

The Betrayal Project: The erotic dance of heartbreak

"What I have tried to do, as seamlessly as possible, is to bring the pure movement and the theatrical element and try to make them one. So that we are not moving from a theatrical scene to a dance mom read more..
Do we still need Black History Month?
Commentaries
AfroToronto Team

Do we still need Black History Month?

"When you control a man's thinking, you do not have to worry about his actions. You do not have to tell him not to stand here or go yonder.”--Dr. Carter Woodson read more..
Black Athena III: The culture wars strike back
Books
Meres J. Weche

Black Athena III: The culture wars strike back

Could Greek philosophy be rooted in Egyptian thought? Is it possible that the Pythagorean theory was conceived on the shores of the Nile and the Euphrates rather than in ancient Greece? Could it be th... read more..
Sisters with voices
Spoken Word
Adele Ambrose

Sisters with voices

Upfromtheroots has been providing enriching entertainment for over a decade, and the annual When Sisters Speak event has become a poetry staple in Toronto. It was, therefore, quite alarming to read more..
Out of control: An analysis of the solutions proposed to Toronto’s gun violence
Commentaries
AfroToronto Team

Out of control: An analysis of the solutions proposed to Toronto’s gun violence

The city of Toronto is in upheaval with regard to the extreme gun violence of the last year. This situation has caused the community to continue to undergo increasing separation, away from the read more..
But can we get the kids to church?
Commentaries
AfroToronto Team

But can we get the kids to church?

Last year, I was invited as a guest commentator on CBC’s Metro Morning to discuss the “Boston Miracle,” a method that was used to decrease the crime rate in the more impoverished neighbourhood read more..
Dying to vote
Commentaries
AfroToronto Team

Dying to vote

“Imagination is more important than knowledge,” Albert Einstein once said.I thought of those words recently as I read an article on James Earl Chaney, one of the young men whose murder is dram read more..
From the Blog: Get your Google on
Commentaries
Undercover Brother

From the Blog: Get your Google on

In this postmodern technological age where coffee shops have free Internet zones, Blackberries have replaced the traditional Playa’s black book, and hookups and even break-ups are done on Yahoo and MS... read more..
Who is Karen Richardson? - Part II
Books
Jane Musoke-Nteyafas

Who is Karen Richardson? - Part II

What has the public response to your book T-Dot Griots so far? The public response has been great. We officially launched T-Dot Griots in February at the Kuumba Festival, and we received good read more..
I wish my friends were white girls
Spoken Word
AfroToronto Team

I wish my friends were white girls

Background: Dwayne Morgan wrote this poem in response to the Boxing Day shooting on Yonge Street that claimed the life of 15-year-old Jane Creba. Jane Creba was the first female white victim of Toront... read more..
Stop the violence
Community
AfroToronto Team

Stop the violence

Last year, for the first time, my family and I decided to celebrate Kwanzaa instead of Christmas. The main reason for the change is that the focus of Christmas now seems to be all about buying read more..
Who is Karen Richardson?
Books
Jane Musoke-Nteyafas

Who is Karen Richardson?

"The book exists to introduce a variety of missing voices to the canon of Canadian literature. So much of what is in the school curriculum, particularly English and Social Sciences, just re-expresses read more..
The Best of 2005
Commentaries
AfroToronto Team

The Best of 2005

Well, 2006 is here.  How time flies!Around this time of year, many newspapers, TV stations, and websites post their “best of” lists for the past year as a way of providing proper closure read more..
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