The 39th Trillium Book Awards brought the room to its feet and gave We, the Kindling its momenthttps://afrotoronto.com/content/articles/books/the-39th-trillium-book-awards-brought-the-room-to-its-feet

11 June 2026 The 39th annual Trillium Book Award ceremony, held June 10 at the Fairmont Royal York, brought together Ontario's finest literary voices for an unforgettable evening. Kingston-based author Otoniya J. Okot Bitek won the English Book Award for her debut...

• Type: Article
• Author: Meres J. Weche
• Category: Books

A crown that never fades: Jean-Michel Basquiat's prints come to Torontohttps://afrotoronto.com/content/articles/arts-entertainment/visual-arts/a-crown-that-never-fades-jean-michel-basquiat-s-prints-come-to-toronto

29 May 2026 Hollywood Africans in front of the Chinese Theater with Footprints of Movie Stars, 1983/2015 stretches more than seven feet wide and references Basquiat's famed Hollywood Africans painting, widely regarded as one of his most important examinations of...

• Type: Article
• Author: Meres J. Weche
• Category: Visual Arts

This Week's Film Reviews ( June 19th, 2026)https://afrotoronto.com/content/articles/movie-reviews/this-week-s-film-reviews-june-19th,-2026

11 June 2026 “Hadal” refers to the hadal zone — the deepest region of the ocean, usually depths below about 6,000 metres (20,000 feet), including ocean trenches such as the Mariana Trench. The word comes from “Hades,” the Greek underworld, and in oceanography, the...

• Type: Article
• Author: Gilbert Seah
• Category: Movie Reviews

This Week's Film Reviews ( Dec 12th, 2025)https://afrotoronto.com/content/articles/movie-reviews/this-week-s-film-reviews-dec-12th,-2025

28 November 2025 the monster under her bed, but it turns out that the monster is real, and the monster erupts to eat people who have their feet on the floor. The film’s last 30 minutes turn up to be a large action set-piece, complete with special effects and a large...

• Type: Article
• Author: Gilbert Seah
• Category: Movie Reviews

This Week's Film Reviews ( Jan 16th, 2026)https://afrotoronto.com/content/articles/movie-reviews/this-week-s-film-reviews-jan-16th,-2026

17 December 2025 Ann Lee is also known as, as is also the film’s alternative title, THE WOMAN CLOTHED BY THE SUN WITH THE MOON UNDER HER FEET. The film opens in the 18th century in Manchester, when Ann was a child, shown with her brother William. Lots of voiceover. The...

• Type: Article
• Author: Gilbert Seah
• Category: Movie Reviews

This Week's Film Reviews ( Apr 10th, 2026)https://afrotoronto.com/content/articles/movie-reviews/this-week-s-film-reviews-apr-10th,-2026

03 April 2026 in plain sight. Taylor nicked it, and the necklace is put around the grandmother’s neck just before she is buried 6 feet under. This is when Yusuf shows up, threatening Nicky and Morgan with a gun. The episodes move at a manic pace, with the characters...

• Type: Article
• Author: Gilbert Seah
• Category: Movie Reviews

This Week's Film Reviews ( June 12th, 2026)https://afrotoronto.com/content/articles/movie-reviews/this-week-s-film-reviews-june-15th,-2026

28 May 2026 “Hadal” refers to the hadal zone — the deepest region of the ocean, usually depths below about 6,000 metres (20,000 feet), including ocean trenches such as the Mariana Trench. The word comes from “Hades,” the Greek underworld, and in oceanography, the...

• Type: Article
• Author: Gilbert Seah
• Category: Movie Reviews

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 The fix Eddy proposes is not complicated, even if it is demanding: Keep your own receipts, get interviewed, sit at the feet of your elders, and treat archiving as part of the work rather than an afterthought. For a community that has already had its...

• Type: Article
• Author: Meres J. Weche
• Category: Commentaries