PRESERVING & PRESENTING AFRICANIST INSPIRED ART FOR OVER 25 YEARS
"MAKE YOU SIT UP AND TAKE NOTICE FOR ALL THE RIGHT REASONS..."
- Deirdre Kelly, Globe & Mail
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Photos By: David Hou
Our Journey...
The Collective of Black Artists (COBA) was founded February, of 1993 by Junia Mason, Mosa Neshama (formerly Kim McNeilly), Charmaine Headley, & BaKari I. Lindsay (formerly Eddison B. Lindsay); four dancers of African descent, passionate to fill a void on Toronto's arts scene by constructing a platform for dance creations reflecting the physical and social realities of the African diaspora world wide..
Photos By: David Hou
UPCOMING EVENTS
STUDIO LIFE
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