Adekunle Gold and the Ooni of Ife headline a historic night at Calgary's Jack Singer Concert Hallhttps://afrotoronto.com/content/news/music/adekunle-gold-and-the-ooni-of-ife-headline-a-historic-night-at-calgary-s-jack-singer-concert-hall

22 June 2026 Afrobeats sensation Adekunle Gold headlines the Oodua Concert on June 26 at Calgary's acclaimed Jack Singer Concert Hall, sharing the bill with a historic appearance by His Imperial Majesty, the Ooni of Ife. Fresh off his Fuji-inflected single...

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• Author: News Editor
• Category: Music

Fort York becomes the heart of the city: Inside Toronto's FIFA Fan Festival™ 2026https://afrotoronto.com/content/news/community/fort-york-becomes-the-heart-of-the-city-inside-toronto-s-fifa-fan-festival™-2026

27 April 2026 This summer, Toronto transforms into a global gathering place as FIFA Fan Festival™ Toronto takes over Fort York National Historic Site and The Bentway for 22 days of football, food, music, and culture. Free for all general admission ticket holders,...

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• Author: Meres J. Weche
• Category: Community

Toronto's Dora nominations spotlight a season of powerful Black storytellinghttps://afrotoronto.com/content/articles/arts-entertainment/toronto-s-dora-nominations-spotlight-a-season-of-powerful-black-storytelling

01 June 2026 The 46th Annual Dora Mavor Moore Award nominations arrive with a compelling story within the story: Black artists and organizations are among the season's most celebrated voices. From Kanika Ambrose's play about Caribbean migrant workers, to Natasha...

• Type: Article
• Author: Meres J. Weche
• Category: Arts and Entertainment

A summer pilgrimage to Jackson: Black art, history and soul in Mississippihttps://afrotoronto.com/content/articles/lifestyle/travel/a-summer-pilgrimage-to-jackson-black-art-history-and-soul-in-mississippi

05 May 2026 A landmark exhibition tracing photography's role in the Black Arts Movement arrives at the Mississippi Museum of Art in Jackson from July 25 to November 8, 2026. Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955–1985 brings together over 150 works by more...

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• Author: AfroToronto Team
• Category: Travel

Every meal counts: How Frontlines Catering is feeding community and building youth futures in Westonhttps://afrotoronto.com/content/articles/lifestyle/food-and-drink/every-meal-counts-how-frontlines-catering-is-feeding-community-and-building-youth-futures-in-weston

10 May 2026 In Toronto's Weston neighbourhood, a quiet revolution is happening one meal at a time. Frontlines Catering, the social enterprise arm of Weston Frontlines Centre, uses food to fund youth programming, employment training and community food access....

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• Author: AfroToronto Team
• Category: Food and Drink

Canada's screen talent takes centre stage at the 24th ACTRA Awards in Torontohttps://afrotoronto.com/content/articles/arts-entertainment/canada-s-screen-talent-takes-centre-stage-at-the-24th-actra-awards-in-toronto

13 May 2026 The 24th ACTRA Awards in Toronto brought together Canada's finest performing talent for a landmark evening at Koerner Hall on May 11, 2026. Adrian Walters took home Outstanding Performance – Male for his searing role in It Comes in Waves, while Paul...

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• Author: Meres J. Weche
• Category: Arts and Entertainment

Black photographers bringing Toronto's untold stories to lighthttps://afrotoronto.com/content/articles/arts-entertainment/visual-arts/toronto-black-photographers

15 March 2026 Toronto has no shortage of photographers, but a distinct generation of Black image-makers is doing something different. They're building visual worlds rooted in community, diaspora, and cultural pride. From intimate Caribbean family portraits to bold...

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• Author: AfroToronto Team
• Category: Visual Arts

DR Congo makes history and Ghana grinds out a late winner on a big World Cup dayhttps://afrotoronto.com/content/news/sports/big-day-for-african-football-at-world-cup-2026

18 June 2026 DR Congo earned a historic point against Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal in Houston on Wednesday afternoon, June 17, drawing 1-1 in their first World Cup appearance since 1974. Later in the evening, in Toronto, Ghana needed a stoppage-time goal from Caleb...

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• Author: News Editor
• Category: Sports

Berlinale 2025https://afrotoronto.com/content/articles/movie-reviews/berlinale-2025

13 February 2026 Had the privilege of viewing 7 little gems screened at this year's BERLINALE, courtesy of the PR Factory. Capsule Reviews of the 7 films: CHIMNEY TOWN: FROZEN IN TIME (Japan 2026) *** Directed by Yusuke Hirota After losing his friend Poupelle, young...

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• Author: Gilbert Seah
• Category: Movie Reviews

Yannis Davy Guibinga is rewriting how the world sees Gabon, one photograph at a timehttps://afrotoronto.com/content/articles/arts-entertainment/arts-and-culture/yannis-davy-guibinga-is-rewriting-how-the-world-sees-gabon,-one-photograph-at-a-time

08 March 2026 Yannis Davy Guibinga is a Montreal-based photographer and visual artist born in France and raised in Gabon, whose work has become a bold visual record of Black and Pan-African identity. With a client list spanning Apple, Nikon, and Google Arts &...

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• Author: Meres J. Weche
• Category: Arts & Culture

Brampton's Black Health and Social Services Hub finds its permanent homehttps://afrotoronto.com/content/articles/community/brampton-s-black-health-and-social-services-hub-finds-its-permanent-home

11 April 2026 The Black Health and Social Services Hub in Brampton is opening a permanent home at 19 Rutherford Road South, marking a pivotal step in delivering culturally affirming, integrated care to Black, African, and Caribbean communities across Peel Region....

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• Author: News Editor
• Category: Community

Critical thinking, oral tradition and AI: Eddy (DaOriginalOne) David on guarding our collective memoryhttps://afrotoronto.com/content/articles/commentaries/critical-thinking-oral-tradition-and-ai-eddy-david

19 June 2026 Spoken word pioneer and beatboxer Eddy (DaOriginalOne) David joins Afropolitan Dialogues to unpack a chilling discovery, his own archived history quietly vanishing from Wikipedia and old festival pages. We trace the Royal Ontario Museum protests, the...

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• Author: Meres J. Weche
• Category: Commentaries

Spice up your life: A guide to Toronto's best jerk chickenhttps://afrotoronto.com/content/articles/lifestyle/food-and-drink/spice-up-your-life-a-guide-to-toronto-s-best-jerk-chicken

07 November 2025 Discover some of Toronto’s top jerk chicken restaurants serving authentic Caribbean spice, smoky perfection, and a taste of home across the city. In Toronto, the city's rhythm has a distinct Caribbean beat. It’s a pulse you can feel in the summer...

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• Author: AfroToronto Team
• Category: Food and Drink

AfriCAN 2026: When giants gather, Africa speaks for itselfhttps://afrotoronto.com/content/articles/community/african-2026-when-giants-gather-africa-speaks-for-itself

09 May 2026 On May 6, 2026, Giants of Africa brought its annual AfriCAN celebration back to Toronto's Steam Whistle Brewing, drawing a powerful gathering of community leaders, artists, chefs and diaspora professionals. Anchored by Masai Ujiri, Boris Kodjoe and...

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• Author: Meres J. Weche
• Category: Community

A hockey story returns, reshaped for nowhttps://afrotoronto.com/content/news/movies/a-hockey-story-returns,-reshaped-for-now

09 January 2026 A Canadian hockey myth returns with new urgency. Youngblood skates back onto the ice with sharper teeth, deeper questions, and a Black-led reimagining shaped for this moment. Hockey stories rarely stay confined to the rink. They are about power,...

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• Author: Meres J. Weche
• Category: Movies

Insta360 GO Ultra Creator Bundle: the tiny 4K camera that goes everywhere you dohttps://afrotoronto.com/shop/shopping-articles/electronics/cameras/insta360-go-ultra-creator-bundle-the-tiny-4k-camera-that-goes-everywhere-you-do

27 February 2026 The Insta360 GO Ultra Creator Bundle is a hands-free, pocket-sized 4K action camera built for creators who want to capture life without missing it. Weighing just 53 grams and powered by a 1/1.28" sensor and 5nm AI chip, it delivers cinema-quality...

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• Author: AfroToronto Team
• Category: Cameras

TOBi headlines AfroVibes Festival as Waterloo Region gears up for a week of culture and communityhttps://afrotoronto.com/things-to-do/featured-events/culture/music-concerts/afrovibes-festival-returns-to-waterloo-region

30 June 2026 AfroVibes Festival returns to Ontario's tri-cities this July with a weeklong lineup of music, dance, comedy, food and community events anchored by five-time Juno Award winner TOBi. Now in its fourth year, the Kitchener-Waterloo-Cambridge celebration...

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• Author: News Editor
• Category: Music & Concerts

Kanika Ambrose’s Moonlight Schooner sails into history with poetry, power, and Caribbean soulhttps://afrotoronto.com/content/articles/arts-entertainment/theatre/kanika-ambrose-moonlight-schooner-sails-into-history

26 October 2025 This fall, playwright Kanika Ambrose brings two worlds to Toronto’s stages: the salt-air mythos of Moonlight Schooner and the snowy heart of The Christmas Market. Through both, she invites audiences to feel the humour, pain, and poetry of Caribbean...

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• Author: Meres J. Weche
• Category: Theatre

How Black Toronto filmmakers brought PURGE to Fantasia's world stagehttps://afrotoronto.com/content/articles/movies/how-black-toronto-filmmakers-brought-purge-to-fantasia-s-world-stage

30 June 2026 A Toronto-born short horror film is making its world premiere at Fantasia International Film Festival's 30th edition this summer in Montreal. PURGE, written and directed by Andrew Hamilton and produced by Torrin Blades, centres on identity, mental...

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• Author: AfroToronto Team
• Category: Movies

Windrush in Canada: Wendy Vincent on preserving the stories that shaped Black Commonwealth lifehttps://afrotoronto.com/content/articles/community/windrush-in-canada-wendy-vincent-on-preserving-the-stories-that-shaped-black-commonwealth-life

12 May 2026 Wendy Vincent is a Toronto-based media producer whose family story is rooted in the Windrush generation, on a mission to preserve the oral histories of Caribbean migrants who helped rebuild postwar Britain and later shaped Black Canadian life. In this...

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• Author: Meres J. Weche
• Category: Community