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  • Banner image with photo of Obsidian Theatre Artistic Director Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu in a red shirt. Black background with a red box, which reads Interview with Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu. Subheading below reads On the Creation of 21 Black Futures the Anthology. Open Book logo top left.
    Banner image with photo of Obsidian Theatre Artistic Director Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu in a red shirt. Black background with a red box, which reads Interview with Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu. Subheading below reads On the Creation of 21 Black Futures the Anthology. Open Book logo top left.
    December 19, 2023

    Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu on Collecting 21 Answers to the Question "What is the Future of Blackness?"

    In 21 Black Futures: The Anthology, Obsidian Theatre, Canada's leading theatre for Black art, imagines the future of Blackness. Gathering 21 of the country's most talented writers, the anthology collects ...

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    Dismantling Jane Jordan’s Library
    June 13, 2016

    Dismantling Jane Jordan’s Library

    Throughout the process of distributing ten bins of books, chapbooks and other literary materials once owned by Ottawa poet Jane Jordan (1926-2007), there’s a slight guilt attached to dismantling her ...

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