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Rachel Décoste

Rachel Décoste

Canada’s updated diplomatic policy towards Africa: where to start.

The continent of Africa was the birthplace of civilisation. Western ties to the continent started with the 3 M’s: missionaries, merchants…

Sep 4

Sep 4

Rachel Décoste

Why I’m not celebrating Canada’s “Emancipation Day”

This is a made-up white saviour holiday that has nothing to do with the emancipation of enslaved African people. Let’s celebrate the real…

Aug 1, 2020

Why I’m not celebrating Canada’s “Emancipation Day”

Aug 1, 2020

Rachel Décoste

#ShadesOfBlack : Both sides of colourism

I was a dark-skinned girl, born and raised in a city that had not yet embraced multiculturalism. When you’re the only Black girl in the…

Apr 9, 2019

#ShadesOfBlack : Both sides of colourism

Apr 9, 2019

Rachel Décoste

My Ancestors’ Wildest Dreams: more than a t-shirt slogan

I’ve been living in Washington DC, which is the blackest city I’ve ever lived in. That’s why I have encountered numerous times a t-shirt…

Mar 19, 2019

My Ancestors’ Wildest Dreams: more than a t-shirt slogan

Mar 19, 2019

Rachel Décoste

Year of Return: Let bloodlines,not bogus marketing, guide maiden trip to Motherland

For his first foray to Africa in 1956, Louis Armstrong went to the British Gold Coast as an ‘ambassador’ of Jazz music. Malcolm X’s…

Mar 13, 2019

Year of Return: Let bloodlines,not bogus marketing, guide maiden trip to Motherland

Mar 13, 2019

Rachel Décoste

I (by)passed the rains down in Africa

Insert the opening song from “The Lion King” here.

Aug 2, 2018

I (by)passed the rains down in Africa

Aug 2, 2018

Rachel Décoste

The times French-Canadians cried “cultural appropriation” but weren’t asked to go back to Africa if…

2009. The re-enactment of British conquest of Quebec.

Jul 6, 2018

The times French-Canadians cried “cultural appropriation” but weren’t asked to go back to Africa if…

Jul 6, 2018

Rachel Décoste

Rachel Décoste

Writer. Pundit. Prince Harry influencer. Memoir about 1st trip to Motherland: JollofJourney.com | Hire me for DEI audits & Blk history: RachelDecoste.com

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