Funny Pages is excited to welcome Guest VJ Dáminí Awóyígà for a social media takeover on April 19, 2024. Watch for posts coming straight from the festival to tickle your funny bone. Halifax Public Libraries Access Copyright Woozles Bookstore

I also had the honour of meeting esteemed spoken word poet Dáminí Awóyígà at the ceremony.

Thanks you this education opportunity which we can build from and on for our 365 year experiences. #championsall 🔥🔥🔥

Day 28: “I outright reject the term runaways. I see courage, cleverness and forethought.' - Sylvia D. Hamilton

#writer
#filmmaker
#pioneer
#AHM2024
#blackhistory
#blackcreators

Day 27:
No matter the barricades 
No matter the hurricanes
No matter the pains
No matter the hardships
We chose, to find the strength to withstand
We chose, to stand in this black sea

Excerpt from Black Sea by Damini Awoyiga  

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#blackhistory
#blackwriters

USA declares Yorùbá as the largest ethnic in Africa ✨

Day 26: Being Black in Canada: An opportunity to grow and thrive against the odds. Disadvantaged by multiple factors institutional and communal, being black in Canada is about obstacle crossing and overcoming. But I can do it since our ancestors did it.

Rev Elias Mwamba Mutale

Day 25: Ancestors are within you that's why sometimes tears from the past flow to the present. - DA

#qoutes
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#blackhistory
#Ancestors
#blackcreators

Day 24: 'Black History lost, has been found: Strayed has wandered back and Stolen, is being returned.'
- Carrie Best

#journalist
#activst
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#blackhistory

Day 23: 'Black history is not just for Black people- Black History is Canadian history' - Jean Augustine

#politician
#blackhistory
#activst
#AHM2024

Day 22: “Remember always the importance of rest and that it’s ok to say no and not feel bad or guilty about it. We must remember that ‘Rest is resistance.' - Robert de la Chevotiere

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#blackhistory
#blackwriters
#teacher

Day 22: Lincoln Alexander

Day 20: 'One cannot be totally, satisfied until you see changes on the street. Changes within the courts. Changes in the institutions' ~ Dudley Laws

#activst
#AHM2024
#Ontario
#blackwriters
#blackcreators
#BlackHistoryMonth

Day 19: 'One cannot be totally, satisfied until you see changes on the street. Changes within the courts. Changes in the institutions' ~ Dudley Laws

#activst
#AHM2024
#Ontario
#blackwriters
#blackcreators
#BlackHistoryMonth

Day 18: A reflection written by Cameron Marsman - High school student.

Day 17: A reflection written by Jasmine Giwa-Amu - High school student.

Day 16: 'Driven by impact and the journey to financial freedom, I build success through experience and wisdom, always seeking mentors and aspiring to guide others. Each step is a lesson, every challenge is a teacher.' - Trevor Silver

#trevclothing
#blackcreators
#AHM2024

Day 15: 'Do a little bit of good where you are, it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.' - Viola Desmond

#AHM2024
#blackhistory
#blackcreators
#Hairdresser
#trailblazers .

Feb 14: 'Keep on being a star in your own right. Keep on defining yourself. Don't be defined by others.'
- George Elliott Clarke

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#Poet
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