Past, Present, and Future Potentialities of the Nova Scotian Education System

By tracing the long history of the institutionalized racism experienced by Black Nova Scotians within the education system a connection can be drawn to contemporary educational barriers that seek to hold back marginalized students. This article builds its foundation on the substantial history of Nova Scotia’s statewide denial of full citizenship for its Black inhabitants. Whether through informal or formal mechanisms, contemporary Black students continue to face the ramifications of such history, experiencing high rates of suspension, low academic scoring, and disproportionate enrollment into non-university preparatory courses.

Black Liberation and Indigenous Sovereignty

As part of a collective thinking project, article proposes that all Black Canadians move to Nova Scotia to set up a decolonial, anti-racist, non-patriarchal, abolitionist settlement. Recognizing the denial of the right to collective self-determination for Black Canadians, this article explores how Black Canadians can work in solidarity with Indigenous solidarity movements to correct the injustices of settler-colonialism.

Blow by Blow: Sankofa as a Means to Move Forward

The foreword to the inaugural issue of the Sankofa Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies.

The Problem of the Colonized: Lessons from Sierra Leone and Africville

This article engages with the complexities of power and decolonization. It situates Africville's destruction as part of a grander pattern of colonialism in which negative spaces were created for Black people in order to justify systemic change. This change was motivated by white self-interest, ostensibly presented as acts of salvation.

Abolish to Transform

The prison is human made and can be human destroyed. This article is a deconstruction of sorts. It argues that we as a society need to burn down the prisons and the precincts so something else can be built in its place. We need to burn down the oppressive logics that capture our imaginations and put radical compassion, love, joy, and empathy in its place.

(Re-)Envisioning A New Nova Scotia

This article will discuss the historical impact Black women had in Nova Scotia, along with the beginnings of envisioning what a Black future would like within the province of Nova Scotia, Canada.

Women and Colonialism in Zambia

This paper focuses on the status of women in Zambia during pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial periods. It highlights how colonialism perpetuated gender imbalances in Zambia and it examines the resilience of women’s leadership in different developmental contexts.