I took this cover picture in 2010, during the 50th Pow Wow Anniversary at Wikwemikong First Nations unceeded territories. It was an honour to be allowed to capture this beautiful dance ceremony with their permission and support. It was the start of me as a Black Muslimah and a child of a Somali immigrant family to learn about the history of this land and its people - and to engage with decolonized leadership methodology.
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“When artists bemoan the rise of political correctness in our cultural discourse, what they’re really bemoaning is the rise of this unexpected reader. They’re bemoaning the arrival of someone who does not read them the way they expect—often demand—to be read; often someone who has been framed in their work and in their lives as an object, not as a subject.”
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