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Uchenna Edeh

Uchenna Edeh is a Montreal born and raised artist of Nigerian descent. His goal is to translate his love for African and Caribbean history and mythology into empowering visual imagery. He is also committed to bring to light the hidden or overlooked figures of Black, and particularly Black Canadian history.

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“Ayiti has been blessed to be a country where we have created all the essentials of the identity...

“We’ve survived colonization and enslavement and when you consider what we have gone through, the fact that we...

Charles Alston (November 28, 1907 – April 27, 1977) was an African-American Harlem Renaissance artist who created vital representations of black experiences and figures during the middle of the 20th century...

Hiram Rhodes Revels was the first African American to serve in the United States Congress and the first...

“Many of the artists who have represented Negro life have seen only the comic, ludicrous side of it,...

One of the most famous American entertainers of the nineteenth century, Thomas “Blind Tom” Wiggins was an African American musician and composer. Blind from birth and born into the Maafa (slavery),...

Tom Feelings (May 19, 1933 – August 25, 2003) was a well-known artist, cartoonist, children’s book illustrator, author,...

Oliver Lewis made history on May 17, 1875, when he rode Aristides to victory in the inaugural Kentucky...

In 1628, the first Black person known to have lived in Canada was a Malagasy native. He was kidnapped and sold between the ages of 6 and 9 by the British...

Sugar Ray Robinson is considered one of the greatest boxers of all time. Robinson held the world welterweight...

Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., born on December 18, 1912, in Washington, D.C., was a pioneering pilot, officer, and...

Carl Owens is one of the great African-American artists of Detroit. He is best known as an illustrator, portrait artist and fine arts painter. One of his best known works is...

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Uchenna Edeh is a Montreal born and raised artist of Nigerian descent. His goal is to translate his love for African and Caribbean history and mythology into empowering visual imagery. He is also committed to bring to light the hidden or overlooked figures of Black, and particularly Black Canadian history.

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