Impactful conversations

Young women discussing together in a discussion group.
Young women discussing together in a discussion group.

Impactful conversations

We wanted to hear the voices of African diaspora women living in Montreal on 5 major societal issues!

Thanks to the financial support of the City of Montreal, we were able to collect the testimonies of these women over a period of 7 months and attempt to understand them through various means.

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The podcast episodes

Discover our 5 video clips and let's open the conversation!

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    Debunking Stereotypes through Dialogue

    https://youtu.be/owE_D3TW-Nw?si=wvrlbizFa5UxGiQd Stereotypes Are Prevalent “People are hard to hate up close.” Renowned shame researcher, Brené Brown, reminds us of that in her book Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for...

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    Gender in the African Diaspora: History tells a different story

    https://youtu.be/hbmICg6wWK8   When it comes to the history of gender and sexuality in Africa, historians, anthropologists, even researchers have, up until recently, told an incomplete story. Africa, and Africans,...

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    How can we use our voices to bring about change?

    The time for conversation is never over! Sayaspora wanted to tackle, with the freedom of tone that characterizes us and without taboos, social issues directly affecting women of the African...

Would you like to be part of a positive change by working with Sayaspora to implement the project?