Toronto's Urban Square Name Change
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•WARMINGTON: Sankofa Square naming shows Toronto's history being rewritten
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Yonge-Dundas Square is now being referred to as Sankofa Square .
The name is already written on the signage and appears in the square’s neon video displays.
But if you look at Government of Canada history posted on the web, Toronto is not mentioned as a hotbed of any slavery between 1629 and 1834 .
While the city’s history has nothing to do with Ghana or its customs and was not a hub of slavery, its most visible urban landmark will be named and acknowledged as if it was.
Sankofa originates from the Ghanaian Akan language, it broadly resonates across African and Black communities globally as an expression of cultural and political affirmation.
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