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The Harriet Tubman Institute’s BHM 2023: Calypso as Music of Resistance

Under the theme of Black Resistance, HTI’s Black History Month 2023 will focus on activities related to the accomplishments of Africans and people of African descent, spotlighting some of our own leaders in our local community here in Toronto.

This is a Tubman Talks BHM event with presenters Henry Gomez aka King Cosmos and Roger Gibbs aka Rajiman.

Henry Gomez is an educator, who was formerly employed by the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) as a high school teacher; and was nominated for a Teacher- of-The-Year award. He specialized in English Literature, Media Studies and Drama. He holds an MFA in Theatre and a BA in English from York University and obtained his B. Ed from the University of Toronto. He believes in lifelong learning. After retirement from active teaching, he returned to York, where he recently defended his master’s thesis in Interdisciplinary Studies.

Roger Gibbs is a Calypso and Caribbean Acoustic singer / guitarist and recording artist, originally from Barbados. He was a performing member of COBA (Collective of Black Artists) from 1995 to 2013, one of Canada’s leading dance/theatre companies. He recorded two solo albums – ‘Spirit of Calypso’ (1999), ‘Calypso Classics on Guitar – Vol 1. (2005)’, and two albums with his band Shak Shak titled ‘Hot So’ (2012) and ‘Shak Shak Party’ (2017). He also recorded a collection of Bajan and original folk songs with his brother John Gibbs titled ‘BIM – Folk Songs of Barbados’. He was a founder and first Artistic Director of Calypso Stars at Harbourfront Centre – the largest annual concert of new Canadian Calypso. In 2013, Roger received a special award from the Toronto Caribbean Carnival for his outstanding contribution to the growth and development of Calypso in Canada.

This event will be hybrid. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/htis-black-history-month-2023-calypso-as-music-of-resistance-tickets-519801368887.

Date

Feb 16 2023
Expired!

Time

EST
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Location

HTI Resource Centre
314 York lanes

Organizer

The Harriet Tubman Institute
The Harriet Tubman Institute
Email
tubman@yorku.ca
Website
https://www.yorku.ca/research/tubman/black-history-month/
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