For Black History Month, McGill University's Black Student Affairs Liaison and Black Student Network (BSN) are collaborating on an event bringing together a variety of Black actors and voices from the McGill community.

In an effort to encourage professional development and community dialogue, they have put together a panel of authors, editors and journalists to speak on the channels and pathways used by Black creatives to have their voices heard through various print mediums.

The event will also serve as a launch for the African Studies Journal Uhuru, the BSN Library and Archives project and an interactive book display from McGill Black Authors.

About our speakers:

Claudia Efemini is the author of A Letter Away From Asaba and a current History and Politics student at the University of Edinburgh (2021-2025). Claudia is also a culture editor at The McGill Daily whilst currently doing an exchange year at McGill University. An aspiring journalist, Claudia is a frequent writer of articles on culture, history, and philanthropy. Claudia wrote her debut novel, A Letter Away From Asaba, during her first year of university.

Matthew Molinaro, BA'24 in progress, is the Editor-in-Chief of The McGill Tribune, where he writes and report on race, politics, and culture. As an Honours English Literature student, he is writing his honours thesis on how Black women writers forge anticolonial conceptions of self-determination. In the Summer of 2023, he designed and taught an independent course on Toni Morrison at McGill and is currently serving as VP Political for the Black Student Network.