Land of Cold

Immigrants from Sub-Saharan Africa have chosen to start their lives over north of the 49th parallel. Here, in the vast expanses of Northern Canada, they reflect on the challenges and splendors of a season they’ve never yet experienced: winter.

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Afoudah Olaniran Apollinaire Cyr Loïc

Ankemah Cynthia De Adjoh

Guiro Abiba Somnoma Nadège

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