Rachel DécosteCanada’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 4Sep 4
Rachel DécosteWhy 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, 2020Aug 1, 2020
Rachel Décoste#ShadesOfBlack : Both sides of colourismI 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, 2019Apr 9, 2019
Rachel DécosteMy Ancestors’ Wildest Dreams: more than a t-shirt sloganI’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, 20191Mar 19, 20191
Rachel DécosteYear of Return: Let bloodlines,not bogus marketing, guide maiden trip to MotherlandFor 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, 2019Mar 13, 2019
Rachel DécosteI (by)passed the rains down in AfricaInsert the opening song from “The Lion King” here.Aug 2, 2018Aug 2, 2018
Rachel DécosteThe 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, 2018Jul 6, 2018