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The Oromo are Ethiopia’s largest people, a nation within a nation, carrying a history older than the borders drawn around them. Their language, their land, their democratic Gadaa tradition—these are not footnotes but foundations. And yet, for more than a century, they’ve been treated as if they stand just outside the frame of the country they help hold up. That tension—between presence and erasure—runs straight into the turmoil unfolding today. Oromia is a region where the state arrives in uniform and the resistance rises from long memory. The government calls it security. The Oromo Liberation Army calls it survival. And in between, families try to live ordinary lives in a place where ordinary has become a luxury. Most of the world never sees this. The conflict rarely makes headlines, rarely trends, rarely pierces the global noise. But the people living it feel every tremor. They carry the weight of a story that keeps being pushed aside, even as it shapes the future of Ethiopia itself. This is why the diaspora speaks. Why Canadian Oromo communities gather, organize, testify, and refuse silence. Why free press matters—not as a slogan, but as a lifeline. Because when a story is ignored long enough, telling it becomes an act of courage. YouTube: Citizen Free News.
Kaycee Madu is a Nigerian‑Canadian lawyer and former Alberta cabinet minister who held several senior provincial portfolios, including Justice Minister and Solicitor General, becoming the first Black person in Alberta’s history to serve in that role. His career has been influential, high‑profile, and at times controversial, shaping debates around justice, policing, and governance in the province. Figures of Speech is the major mid‑career retrospective of Virgil Abloh’s work, first presented at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago in 2019 and later shown internationally. The exhibition frames Abloh not simply as a fashion designer, but as a multidisciplinary thinker whose practice spanned architecture, streetwear, music, graphic design, furniture, and cultural theory. Virgil Abloh passed away in 2021, leaving a legacy that continues to inspire creators around the world. Birds of a Feather Art Project. Black History Month.
2026-02-01: Pop Dazzled by Everyday: McJesus JINX / Game Night in the ICE District — Wild fans caught the spark of my Not a Bystander vision on anger, hockey‑fan violence, and bullying. They felt it—just not enough to trade me the jersey I hoped to wear inside the Legislature for #BlackHistoryMonth. Earlier, seven kilometres on foot led me into a First Nations prayer circle—voices calm with no snowfall, only ICE, carrying deep worries for Alberta’s future. So there I was, between hockey fans, ceremonial prayers, before the marble halls of power—feeling the ICE effects of Minnesota and the quiet question of who have we become like?🍁US, Listen... Birds of a Feather Art Project.
2026-02-06, Black History Month: Global estimates suggest that approximately 20–25 percent of the world’s Muslim population is Black. This figure is derived from regional demographic data indicating that Sub‑Saharan Africa—where the population is overwhelmingly Black—is home to roughly 300–400 million Muslims, representing a significant portion of the global Muslim community. Precise numbers are unavailable because major demographic surveys do not track religious affiliation by racial identity. This video was filmed in Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton, during a public demonstration in 2011. It documents my interview with Imam Usama Al‑Atar, who spoke openly about the violence unfolding in Bahrain. In this moment, he said the words that later echoed around the world: “How can I remain silent knowing people are getting killed in Bahrain?
