In this issue of Say What You Want, Angela Walcott attends the panel discussion Higher Learning: Ways of Seeing (in) African Cinema and gets the scoop on Nicole Brooks’ Obeah Opera.

Itah Sadu, founder of Toronto’s A Different Booklist, is proclaiming February 23rd as National Patty Day, an idea inspired by a passerby of another culture who happened to be eating a patty as he hurried about his day.

No one would dispute the jaw-dropping allure of the falls, the excitement of the casinos or those fantastic cross-border shopping deals, yet there’s an equally compelling facet of the area that sadly too many know little or nothing about: its historical black heritage.

Journalist Edward Brown researches the unique link between black sleeping car porters and their musically gifted offspring.

In celebration of Black History Month, Batuki Music Society will host the much anticipated concert Ethiopia : A Musical Perspective on Saturday, February 11.

Daily words of wisdom from black leaders past and present…

Daily words of wisdom from black leaders past and present…

In a time when personalities such as actors, sports figures and musicians dominate media attention, it’s easy to forget prominent pioneers of business who established themselves as pillars of financial success in the past century.

Daily words of wisdom from black leaders past and present…

In honour of Black History Month 2012, Sway presents words of wisdom from our inspirational leaders, past and present.