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Connor Garel

Connor Garel writes about culture. His work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Canadian Art, Fashion,Vice, Dazed, and the Globe and Mail.
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Arts & Culture / November 2022

Why This Poet Declared War on Her Own Book

October 27, 2022October 27, 2022 - by Connor Garel

When M. NourbeSe Philip’s work on a slave ship massacre was translated without her consent, she didn’t recognize it anymore. Who ultimately owns the stories we tell?

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Photo of a Black man with dreadlocks breakdancing, blurred in motion, with a sunset in the background.
Arts & Culture / July/August 2022

Breaking Through: One Photographer’s Mission to Capture Hip Hop’s Underground Roots

August 12, 2022August 12, 2022 - by Connor Garel

Breakdancing is now an Olympic sport. But Frankie Perez wants to show the world that breaking still thrives in the streets

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Two Black men stand in a harvested field under a cloudy sky. They are dressed in football uniforms printed with colourful African ­textiles. They are standing apart and facing away from each other, attached by a set of chains on their backs.
September/October 2021

Artist Esmaa Mohamoud Examines How Pro Sports Profit from Black Athletes

July 9, 2021January 30, 2022 - by Connor Garel

Sports bring people together in living rooms, in crowded bars, and in the streets. Mohamoud seeks to expose the monstrous underbelly of all that winning

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November/December 2020

William Ukoh Photographs a World of Leisure and Black Beauty

October 29, 2020January 30, 2022 - by Connor Garel

For the artist, rest and relaxation aren’t just aesthetics—they are where freedom is found

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