There are times when, in the midst of a democratic struggle, an artist appears who expresses the aspirations and the anger of the people. The Sudanese rapper Ayman Mao is […]...
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MUSIC NOTES: Songs of Our Native Daughters
Songs of Our Native Daughters “An artist’s duty is to reflect the times”. So said the celebrated African-American singer, pianist, and freedom fighter Nina Simone. Today, Our Native Daughters, a […]...
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WHY CANADA IS ALL INDIGENOUS TERRITORY
No Surrender: the land remains Indigenous, by Sheldon Krasowski, foreword by Winona Wheeler, University of Regina Press, 2019, 368 pages. A growing number of ground-breaking academic publications in recent years […]...
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A MUST-READ WITH ONE UNFORTUNATE FLAW
Outside In, A Political Memoir, by Libby Davies, published by Between The Lines, 320 pages. When the realization hit a few years ago that a big shake-up was inevitable at […]...
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