Body NGOY

Black Canadian Author | Ecrivain Afro Canadien

Body Ngoy

is a pillar of Ottawa’s Black francophone community, named as one of Canada’s top 25 immigrants in 2009.

  • He’s worked for members of Parliament,

  • served in the Board of Directors of several non-profit organizations,

  • co-founded a social enterprise, Boxia.ca, that aims to strengthen intercultural bonds between newcomers and communities in eastern Ontario.


“I found a way to express myself”

Ngoy said of writing comic books. “I started to notice in schools that young people of different backgrounds didn’t get along so I thought, “Why not write something to connect them?” Young people like comics, and we can show the different colours and expressions in the visuals.”

~Interview with the Ottawa Citizen

Selected bibliography

2020 (Bilingual)

2020 (Bilingual)


2016 (Bilingual)

2015 (French)

2008 (French)