We are immensely grateful for the incredible support and sponsorship we received from various organizations and departments. This conference would not be possible but for the generous funding from the UW History’s Riley Fellowship, Research Manitoba’s Research Connection Grant, UW Research Office Conference Sponsorship funds, and UW Bonnycastle Lecture Series. We also received generous funding from the UW Faculty of Business and Economics and the University of Manitoba’s Mauro Institute for Peace and Justice. 

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​We are grateful to the UW Faculty of Arts, Departments of English and History, Critical Race Network, UW Events, Media Services, and Diversity Food Services, African Movies Festival in Manitoba (AM-FM), Griots Lounge Publishing, African Communities of Manitoba Inc., and numerous other organizations and colleagues who provided support and made positive contributions to our conference organizing.