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Gozo del Invierno: George du Maurier y el Patinaje
George du Maurier (1834-1896) Rincomania (1875) . Friends of the fleeting skate, behold in this A Rincomaniac’s dream of earthly bliss, Sketched by the frantic pen of one who thinks That Heaven is...
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May Day 2015
Every year on May 1st grassroots organizations in Toronto rally and march to mark International Worker’s Day, for migrant and workers’ rights, and in support of Indigenous peoples’ struggles. Themed...
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Zócalo Poets en Toronto…¡Un lugar – muchas voces!
Nos vemos en julio…¡Envíanos tus poemas! We return in July…Send us your poems! zocalopoets@hotmail.com
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Flags of Canada: Métis to Lou-Ann Neel…
Métis flag, 1816 Patriote movement, Lower Canada, 19th century Altered Red Ensign, Canada’s flag from the 1890s till 1965 Canada’s current flag, designed in 1964, adopted in 1965 Flag of the Iroquois...
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Ghana’s Rising Star: Rocky Dawuni
Singer/songwriter Rocky Dawuni performed with his band at Harbourfront last night. All day and evening was rainy but those of us who made the trek down to Lake Ontario got swept up in the Ghanaian...
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Du Cake-Walk au Patinage artistique sur la glace: une Énergie qui danse!
“Chocolat”, le clown nègre: son vrai nom était Rafael Padilla, esclave né à Cuba vers 1868, devenu célèbre au Cirque de Paris à partir de 1886. Il forma un duo avec Footit, le clown blanc, qui les...
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Jean Depara: chronicler of Kinshasa nightlife
Jean Depara_self-portrait taken in 1975 . . . Lemvo Jean Abou Bakar Depara (born 1928, Angola – died 1997, Kinshasa, DRC) . Jean Depara became a photographer almost by accident. Wishing to document...
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“Tôt ou tard le monde changera / Sooner or later the world will change”:...
Monsengo Shula_Untitled, 2015 Painter Jean-Bosco Monsengo (born 1959), and known as Shula in the city of Kinshasa, Congo, learned his craft under the tutelage of Moke, a prominent artist of the...
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Black History Month: Vintage Black Paper Dolls
“Aunt Dinah, the Colored Cook, comes to join the Paper Doll Family”_McCall’s Magazine, April 1911_Aunt Dinah is presented in a realistic, straightforward manner, as all the dolls in this McCall’s...
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Alberto Henschel: 19th-century Brazilian photographer
Alberto Henschel_from his series Tipos negros or Black Types_Recife, Pernambuco_around 1869 Alberto Henschel (1827-1882) was a German-born Brazilian photographer from Berlin. An energetic, enterprising...
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Poesía cubana del siglo XX: una muestra de Zócalo Poets: junio de 2016 /...
“The battle of ideas continues…” / “La batalla de ideas continua…” Foto © Peter W. Davies_Cuba 2011
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AfroFest 2016 à Toronto…
AfroFest 2016 à Toronto –– Tu t’es joint à nous? Parce que nous nous sommes bien amusés! Tout s’est déroulé au samedi et dimanche, le 9 et 10 de juillet – toute la journée au Parc Woodbine. La musique...
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Caribana is 49! An’ de lime wuz good!
Toronto Caribbean Carnival (“Caribana”): A reveller awaits the masquerade judge’s decision after her mas’-crew’s display at the CNE on Lakeshore Boulevard in Toronto: July 30th, 2016. Photo by Nakita...
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Palaver International Literary Festival in Wasaga Beach, Ontario!
Founded by writer and journalist Michael S. L. Jarrett – and now in its second year – Palaver International Literary Festival brings Caribbean literature, music and good food to Wasaga Beach, Ontario....
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Habari Africa Festival in Toronto!
Portrait of Djely Tapa by photographer Elaine After a baking-hot day on Friday, August 12th – when the temperature reached 36 degrees celsius here in Toronto – the logical place to cool down at sunset...
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