February is Black History Month in Canada. The Duty looks back at different aspects of the presence of this community in Quebec. Last text in a series of three.
The Racines bookstore is located on Henri-Bourassa Boulevard, in an area of Montreal North where places for cultural exchange and gathering are rare. This is precisely why Gabriella Garbeau, aka Gabriella Kinté, decided to open a bookstore there that focuses on books written by or about members of racialized communities. She herself grew up in Montreal North, and has never visited Haiti, her mother's country of origin.