Tawhida Tanya Evanson | Aga Khan Museum

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Opening times this week:

Monday: 10 am - 5:30 pm; Open Labour Day
Tuesday: 10 am - 5:30 pm
Wednesday: 10 am - 8 pm; BMO Free Wednesdays 4 – 8 pm
Thursday: 10 am - 5:30 pm
Friday: 10 am - 5:30 pm
Saturday: 10 am - 5:30 pm
Sunday: 10 am - 5:30 pm

Tawhida Tanya Evanson is a Canadian poet, novelist, artist and Ashiq. Her work blends poetry, orality, music and multimedia around themes of African diasporic identity and Sufi spirituality in resistance to Western values. Born in Tiohtià:ke/Montréal she has roots in Antigua, West Indies.

Evanson’s novels include Livre des ailes (2023) and the award-winning Book of Wings (2021); she also has two poetry collections and an extensive history of international spoken word performance, audio recordings and films. Evanson’s recent work includes the multi-award-winning Afrofuturist concert film CYANO SUN SUITE (2024) and the upcoming poetry collection Annihilation Ghazals. She moonlights as a whirling dervish.