The Arrivals
Belonging Installation

The Black Community Resource Centre, in collaboration with Black Theatre Workshop, offered a series of online workshops to celebrate English Black histories in Quebec. The project invited artists and community members to enter into a creative dialogue with the English black histories that have shaped this province. By exploring their own ancestral lineage to awaken a sense of belonging, participants immersed themselves in the Arrivals Personal Legacy process led by Arrivals Legacy Project founder  Diane Roberts in collaboration with an interdisciplinary co-facilitation team.

“I hope we managed to transmit some of the principles of Loketo. I’ve been inspired by how Zab Maboungou describes the life force inherent in Loketo.”
— Diane Roberts
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We
were
colonized
by
Spain
and
then
we
were
colonized
by
America
No
one
remembers
anything
about
her...
The
following
year
looses
her
sister
My
great-grandmother’s
house
was
completely
destroyed
by
the
hurricane
People
are
loosing
their
language
they
are
loosing
their
dialect
heritage
as
a
way
to
justify
their
colonial
imperial
expansion
She
is
completely
overshadowed
by
her
brother
Hurricane
Janet
hits
Barbados
the
strongest
that
year
I
won't
have
to
see
another
child
leave
this
world
before
I
go
and
just
like
that
it
was
gone...
How
do
you
go
on?
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Is
it
you?
Is
it
you?
I
found
a
way
to
keep
going
A
bridge
between
worlds
she
who
tells
and
listens
to
the
stories
of
...views
from
that
house
paradise
What
does
is
be
the
forgotten
one
just
so
strong
and
her
to
survive...
I
am
the
belongs
everywhere
and
You
are
one
of
many
Another
star
in
the
sky
to
build
your
legacy,
You're
a
natural
Is
it
you?
I
found
keep
going
A
bridge
worlds
she
who
tells
to
the
stories
of
the
stars
the
stars
almost
like
mean
to
she
was
instinct
was
one
who
nowhere
pieces,
The
tools
your
own
Is
it
you?
a
way
to
between
and
listens
you?
you?
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a sense of where we are in the world
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