By N Oji Mzilikazi
1 November 2016
Year: 2016
We Celebrate Halloween, Why Not All Souls Day, All Saints Day?
By N Oji Mzilikazi
31 October 2016
Chicago, Earth, Wind & Fire: Live In Montréal
By N Oji Mzilikazi
31 October 2016
I own some 29 Earth Wind & Fire albums, including the 2002 Live in Rio, the 1989 Live in Atlanta, and the 1975 Live in Liverpool. I would never pass up any opportunity to see Earth, Wind &Fire live…
The Killing of Fredy Villanueva 8th Anniversary
By N Oji Mzilikazi
9 August 2016
The heavy snow and icy cold of winter can be so overwhelming, extended, and depressing, when summer arrives, Montrealers are about extracting as much heat and fun as is possible from its short stay.
Saturdays, especially when steaming hot, tend to be lazy days; days where persons want to do nothing except to “lime,” chill, hang-out, kick back, “shoot the breeze,” play dominoes, play cards, barbecue, play in the park, be in the park, watch girls go by or simply have a cold one in one’s backyard with family and friends.
It was on one such day, smack dab in the midst of summer — Saturday August 9, 2008, to be precise; a confluence of events brought a premature end to summer — for numerous residents in Montreal North…
From my forthcoming: The Killing of Fedy Villanueva: Policing, Race Bias & Media Complicity In Canada.
Emancipation 2016: The Economic Game
By N Oji Mzilikazi
7 August 2016
Power respects power. Economic empowerment/economic success lends itself to accessing power.
Failure of a race, ethnicity or community to be empowered economically ensures they remain powerless, weak, marginalised, exploited, and the footstool of others.
Economics is at the heart of anti-Black racism…
Black Lives Matter: Was Michael Jordan Shamed Into Activism?
By N Oji Mzilikazi
3 August 2016