by ephraimdivine | Dec 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
Last week I outlined the claim to fame of a young world -class football player, Justin Fashanu (1961-1997). He lived his short life in the glare of public inspection. Commented upon, praised, criticised, applauded and denigrated. All part and parcel of being ‘owned’...
by ephraimdivine | Dec 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
Justin Fashanu, Norwich City. ©EMPICS / Peter Robinson files In life’s passage, there are individuals, places, events, that remain stubborn in departing from memory. Refusing to be eclipsed. With time, some of the contours of the remnants of such memories may become...
by ephraimdivine | Dec 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
In celebration of African Heritage Month and Canada 150, Professor David Divine, former James Robinson Johnston Chair in Black Canadian Studies and Professor of Social Work at Dalhousie University (2004-2009), will give a presentation on this year’s theme: Passing the...
by ephraimdivine | Dec 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
Last week I commented on the guise defined by others as to how we as Black men look, behave, believe, interact with others, in order to fit an image that can be lived with, and controlled by, those who do not look like us. Two questions immediately arise: Why does...
by ephraimdivine | Dec 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
Photo Courtesy of Billy H. In the blog of 19th December 2016, I stated that I would start a series of blogs in the first week of January 2017 on Black men and Ethnic Minority men of colour. Today is the first instalment. Trying to describe a Black man as if he was...
