Hommage à nos disparus
A TRIBUTE TO FRANTZ FANON 50 YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH To celebrate Frantz Fannon in Montreal on the occasion of Black History Month is to highlight the collective nature of the fight against all forms of discrimination. This native of Martinique became a hero in the fight for Algerian independence, did not discriminate based on colour and called for solidarity between ALL the…
By Jean-Christophe LaurenceExcerpts taken from an article published in the November 12th, 2011 edition of La Presse Papi Djo was what one might call a “cultural revolutionary”. Born Joseph Augustin in 1921, Papi Djo was what one might call a “cultural revolutionary”. In addition to having introduced drums and Creole singing to the Haitian church in 1963, he was also the author of…
By Jean-Christophe LaurenceExcerpts taken from an article published in the April 2nd, 2011 edition of La Presse A man of words and of communication, Ousseynou Diop died on February 10th, 2011 at the age of 69, after a long battle with kidney disease. A huge personality, in both the literal and figurative sense, Diop was a pioneer of…
“Paul, from now on, you’re a star . Watch over us.” It was with these words that Pierre Frappier, father of Paul Frappier aka Bad News Brown, concluded his eulogy at the artist’s funeral, last February 20th. On February 11th, 2011, Montreal lost one of its hip-hop scene’s most respected artists. While the circumstances around Bad News Brown’s death remain unclear, he left his…
