https://www.kathryntoure.net Education, Research, Partnerships Sat, 20 Dec 2025 19:34:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 https://www.kathryntoure.net/2023/08/10/two-rich-days-of-solo-travel-in-halifax/ https://www.kathryntoure.net/2023/08/10/two-rich-days-of-solo-travel-in-halifax/#comments Thu, 10 Aug 2023 08:35:24 +0000 admin https://www.kathryntoure.net/?p=2099 In this travel letter about two days in Halifax, I share about the roles of Viola Desmond and Carrie Best in the fight for civil rights in Canada, and about Pearleen Oliver who fought for Black nurses to be accepted into nursing schools in Canada. I describe my visits to the Black Cultural Centre and the former city of Africville, both of which are well worth visiting. I mention Faith Nolan, a Canadian folk and jazz singer-songwriter of mixed African, Mi’kmaw, and Irish heritage who works to prevent the erasure of Black experiences and contributions in Canada.]]> https://www.kathryntoure.net/2023/08/10/two-rich-days-of-solo-travel-in-halifax/feed/ 0 https://www.kathryntoure.net/2022/09/04/from-kenya-to-the-usa-visiting-family-and-friends-and-learning-hisherourstory/ https://www.kathryntoure.net/2022/09/04/from-kenya-to-the-usa-visiting-family-and-friends-and-learning-hisherourstory/#comments Sun, 04 Sep 2022 21:11:13 +0000 admin https://www.kathryntoure.net/?p=2072 In this letter from Nairobi, Kenya, I share pictures and stories from a month of travels to six states in the USA, beginning in Ocean County, New Jersey and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and continuing to magical Brooklyn, New York. In Virginia, friends and I visit Emancipation Oak at Hampton University and “Hearth Memorial to the Enslaved” [...]]]> https://www.kathryntoure.net/2022/09/04/from-kenya-to-the-usa-visiting-family-and-friends-and-learning-hisherourstory/feed/ 27 https://www.kathryntoure.net/2022/08/14/is-decolonization-more-than-a-buzzword/ https://www.kathryntoure.net/2022/08/14/is-decolonization-more-than-a-buzzword/#comments Sun, 14 Aug 2022 15:50:15 +0000 admin https://www.kathryntoure.net/?p=2064 Through a “tour” of sessions of the April 2022 African Studies Association of Africa (ASAA) conference, Kathryn Toure tries to show that decolonization, more than jargon or a mere buzzword, is a process in progress.]]> https://www.kathryntoure.net/2022/08/14/is-decolonization-more-than-a-buzzword/feed/ 0 https://www.kathryntoure.net/2022/02/28/lucy-jacobs-stewart-midwife-extraordinaire-of-liberty-missouri/ https://www.kathryntoure.net/2022/02/28/lucy-jacobs-stewart-midwife-extraordinaire-of-liberty-missouri/#comments Mon, 28 Feb 2022 19:31:44 +0000 admin https://www.kathryntoure.net/?p=2018 Lucy Jacobs Stewart (1850s - 1939) is part of a long tradition of midwifery in Missouri and among many guiding hands in the tapestry of life in Liberty. Neighbors sent for Granny Stewart, as she was called, to assist laboring women. We do not know how many babies she caught, but she was a trusted member of the community and was consulted on a variety of family issues, at a time when 50% of births in the United States occurred at home, assisted by a midwife.]]> https://www.kathryntoure.net/2022/02/28/lucy-jacobs-stewart-midwife-extraordinaire-of-liberty-missouri/feed/ 1 https://www.kathryntoure.net/2021/10/02/journeying-through-hisherourstory-from-florida-to-kansas-city/ https://www.kathryntoure.net/2021/10/02/journeying-through-hisherourstory-from-florida-to-kansas-city/#comments Sat, 02 Oct 2021 16:50:29 +0000 admin https://www.kathryntoure.net/?p=1990 Does knowing history change history? In the form of an illustrated letter to family and friends, I take the reader on a journey through time. Determined curiosity leads me to encounters that reveal what I was not taught at school. I believe we become more humxn when we connect: with those who came before, with [...]]]> https://www.kathryntoure.net/2021/10/02/journeying-through-hisherourstory-from-florida-to-kansas-city/feed/ 11