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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 ...

  • We Will Ever Eat Cheese on Mars? Read an Excerpt from Food Scientists Lenore Newman & Evan D.G. Fraser's Dinner on Mars
    We Will Ever Eat Cheese on Mars? Read an Excerpt from Food Scientists Lenore Newman & Evan D.G. Fraser's Dinner on Mars
    November 10, 2022

    We Will Ever Eat Cheese on Mars? Read an Excerpt from Food Scientists Lenore Newman & Evan D.G. Fraser's Dinner on Mars

    We've put a man on the moon, but will we ever make cheese there? It may seem like a silly question, but the real possibility of settling other planets and satellites is becoming less and less the stuff ...

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