Linda Kanyamuna
un/settled exhibit prompts students to create thought-provoking book display on Black artistry and solidarity
January 31, 2022By: Sara Wong, Arts & Culture Editor un/settled was a 240 foot installation celebrating Black womanhood, produced by Chantal Gibson and Dr. Otoniya J. Okot Bitek at the SFU Belzberg Library. Although it is no longer on display, the impact it had was profound. Inside the library, a book exhibit created by Fall 2021 publishing students showed work “based on, or in conversation with, un/settled.” “It’s a proposition for someone who wants to reflect on what it means to be unsettled. Because we should all be unsettled,” explained Dr. Okot Bitek in The Lyre. Using a variety of mediums, from…
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Linda Kanyamuna shares why content creation brings her joy
January 31, 2022By: Charlene Aviles, Staff Writer SFU student Linda Kanyamuna is a pro when it comes to content creation. As SFU Surge’s podcast host and SFU Women in Engineering’s marketing director, she’s dedicated to community outreach. Her passions outside SFU are no…
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SFU celebrates Black womanhood through art
March 13, 2021Written by: Linda Kanyamuna, SFU Student Since November of 2020, Vancouverites have been consuming the resilience, energy, and beauty of Black womanhood through visual art in the form of a 240 foot photo-poetic art installation un/settled. The piece, which resides…
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What about Blackness?
February 20, 2021Written by: Linda Kanyamuna, SFU Student What about Black Students? “What about Blackness? What about Blackness? What about Blackness?” repeats Bilan Arte, a Black-Muslim feminist and Canadian Labour Congress’ representative for human rights. She was one of three empowering and…
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