February is a time to lift up and honour Black voices, a time to acknowledge painful shared histories and a time to celebrate the stories all around us. 

Indigenous, Black, and Afro-Indigenous people are working in solidarity around the world to take meaningful actions and imagine better futures. New history books are being written, ceremonies lost to colonization are being reclaimed and communities are lifting each other up with voices and spirit.

This is why, like so many across Turtle Island, we are excited to celebrate Black History Month. 

These are a small selection of current resources our team has shared with each other this month, as we learn more about Black history and liberation:

• Black History Month 2021: Black Canadian Counternarratives from Fundi Education
• What you call black history, I call liberation from Desmond Cole
• Black History Month: Teaching the Complete History from Learning for Justice
• Writing Myself into Existence: An Essay on the Erasure of Black Indigenous Identity in Canadian Education; Black-Indigenous Futures in Art, Literature and #BlackLivesMatter & Police Brutality in Canada: A Symptom of Structural Racism and Colonial Violence from the Yellowhead Institute
• Black and Indigenous Solidarity Against Systemic Racism from Amnesty International Canada
• Distinct histories, shared solidarity from Briarpatch Magazine

What else should we be reading this year? 

Send us your suggestions for books, blog posts and resources on Twitter @animkii or on Facebook.