{"id":8788,"date":"2022-03-06T22:56:50","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T03:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oldbcrc.webworldst.com\/?page_id=8788"},"modified":"2022-03-06T23:02:18","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T04:02:18","slug":"amanda-asomani-nyarko","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oldbcrc.webworldst.com\/?page_id=8788","title":{"rendered":"Amanda Asomani-Nyarko"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-5t93cl-3cfbab93538deef4ee87197c904bbbd1\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-5t93cl-3cfbab93538deef4ee87197c904bbbd1{\npadding-bottom:10px;\ncolor:#000000;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-5t93cl-3cfbab93538deef4ee87197c904bbbd1 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-5t93cl-3cfbab93538deef4ee87197c904bbbd1 .special-heading-inner-border{\nborder-color:#000000;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-5t93cl-3cfbab93538deef4ee87197c904bbbd1 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-5t93cl-3cfbab93538deef4ee87197c904bbbd1 av-special-heading-h1 custom-color-heading blockquote modern-quote modern-centered  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_section  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Amanda Asomani-Nyarko<\/h1><div class='av_custom_color av-subheading av-subheading_below'><p>Chapter Seven<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-6yrj7a-6eb99e072a949d928a50c49bb4b1f9fd\">\n.avia-section.av-6yrj7a-6eb99e072a949d928a50c49bb4b1f9fd{\nbackground-color:#000000;\nbackground-image:unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-6yrj7a-6eb99e072a949d928a50c49bb4b1f9fd main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_heading  avia-builder-el-last  avia-bg-style-scroll av-minimum-height av-minimum-height-75 av-height-75  container_wrap sidebar_right'   data-av_minimum_height_pc='75' data-av_min_height_opt='75'><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-8788'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-4id3fh-5f7d93e141210af569df00c4994bc79e\">\n.flex_column.av-4id3fh-5f7d93e141210af569df00c4994bc79e{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-4id3fh-5f7d93e141210af569df00c4994bc79e av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-2  el_before_av_two_fifth  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-379hrh-0964193f9e2876149d97affd03c22b93\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-379hrh-0964193f9e2876149d97affd03c22b93 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:30px;\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-379hrh-0964193f9e2876149d97affd03c22b93 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock av_inherit_color'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amanda Asomani-Nyarko (she\/her), also known as GG, is a 24-year-old writer, poet and spoken word artist. She is of Jamaican and Ghanaian descent, born and raised in Montreal. She is a recent graduate of Concordia University with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature. Currently, she is enrolled at McGill University in a post-graduate diploma in Public Relations and Communications Management.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amanda is very passionate about reading, writing, and history.\u00a0 She would spend her summers reading, writing, and visiting history museums with her father as a child.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She is participating in this history project to share the stories and histories of Black immigrants in Montreal, whose contributions have often been overlooked. Montreal&#8217;s Black history is vital because many Montrealers know little or nothing about Black people&#8217;s many contributions, and Where They Stood will shine a light on this phenomenon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her chapter explores the various societal shifts occurring in Montreal during the 1960s that later influenced the creation and evolution of Black spaces.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1z7ml2-b00906ceb00adff0a95bfdd081ee6238\">\n.flex_column.av-1z7ml2-b00906ceb00adff0a95bfdd081ee6238{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-1z7ml2-b00906ceb00adff0a95bfdd081ee6238 av_two_fifth  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l0g214jv-f18ed7b73d00efc6ce042b788c790622\">\n.avia-image-container.av-l0g214jv-f18ed7b73d00efc6ce042b788c790622 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-l0g214jv-f18ed7b73d00efc6ce042b788c790622 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-l0g214jv-f18ed7b73d00efc6ce042b788c790622 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-5  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-8476 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-8476 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/oldbcrc.webworldst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/DSC00092-scaled.jpg\" alt='' title='Amanda Asomani-Nyarko'  height=\"2560\" width=\"1707\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oldbcrc.webworldst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/DSC00092-scaled.jpg 1707w, https:\/\/oldbcrc.webworldst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/DSC00092-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oldbcrc.webworldst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/DSC00092-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/oldbcrc.webworldst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/DSC00092-1000x1500.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/oldbcrc.webworldst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/DSC00092-470x705.jpg 470w, https:\/\/oldbcrc.webworldst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/DSC00092-600x900.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='after_section_1'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap sidebar_right'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-8788'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":867,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8788","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldbcrc.webworldst.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldbcrc.webworldst.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldbcrc.webworldst.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldbcrc.webworldst.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldbcrc.webworldst.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8788"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/oldbcrc.webworldst.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8788\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8790,"href":"https:\/\/oldbcrc.webworldst.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8788\/revisions\/8790"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldbcrc.webworldst.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldbcrc.webworldst.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}