KUUMBA Presented by TD Bank Group, Toronto’s largest Black Futures Month celebration, now in its 28th year, continues supporting Black artists and Black culture. Dance, music, workshops and literary events highlight contemporary artists and thought leaders from the Afro-diaspora in Canada. In celebration of Kuumba 2023, the Toronto International Festival of Authors (TIFA) is pleased […]
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Consider Disabled, Deaf and Mad futures through a riveting set of performances by Black artists. Curated by Syrus Marcus Ware, this New Embassy event (originally aired April 26, 2022) from the Toronto International Festival of Authors explores the effects of the pandemic and white supremacy with performances by spoken word artist Britta B., actor and […]
Join the Toronto International Festival of Authors and Canadian award-winning poets and activists Kelisha Daley, Martin Gomes, Khiem Hoang, Shahaddah Jack and Zara Rahman for an empowering archived presentation of the power of performance (originally aired on October 27, 2021). In conversation with Desiree Mckenzie, the poets share the tools that youths need to create […]
Every poet plays with language to reveal the inexpressible. Tune in to meet a new generation of Canadian poets who are pushing the possibilities and challenging the rules. Curated and hosted by Britta B., this archived presentation from the Toronto International Festival of Authors, celebrates the influence and indelible impact of dub poetry, featuring Afua […]
Jamaican poet, essayist and novelist Kei Miller presents his critical and lyrical collection of interconnected essays, Things I Have Withheld, as Scotiabank Giller Prize-winning writer Ian Williams brings fresh eyes to today’s urgent conversation on race and racism with his collection of essays Disorientation: Being Black in the World. This archived presentation from the Toronto […]
Enjoy this imaginative showcase of African diasporic worldviews that represents a wide spectrum of possibilities to alter your reality, from Afrofuturism, African futurism and Afro-surrealism to magical realism and science fiction. In this archived presentation (originally aired on October 26, 2021), host Levyi-Alexander Love introduces the vibrant and expressive vocals of D’Andrew Ricketts-Dunn and Markus […]
Whether it be poetry written for the page, the silver screen, the poetry slam, or the melody, every poet plays with language to reveal the inexpressible. In this archived presentation (originally aired February 12, 2021), the Toronto International Festival of Authors (TIFA), JAYU and the Bergen International Literary Festival present a new generation of Canadian […]
Lean in to a bold dialogue about the political movements and racial tensions that continue to rock the world and spark international debate. In this archived Toronto International Festival of Authors presentation, Dr. Cheryl Thompson (Uncle: Race, Nostalgia and the Politics of Loyalty) provides a uniquely Canadian perspective on Black racism and institutional oppression, as demonstrated through […]
The Toronto International Festival of Authors presents writers in candid, live conversation in reflection on the topics that matter most during this unprecedented time. In this archived Festival presentation (originally aired on October 24, 2020), authors and experts weigh in on the Black Lives Matter political and social movement that dominated headlines in 2020. They […]
