Body NGOY
Black Canadian Author | Ecrivain Afro Canadien
Body Ngoy
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”
“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
Selected bibliography
2020 (Bilingual)
2020 (Bilingual)
2020 (Bilingual)
2020 (Bilingual)
2016 (Bilingual)
2016 (Bilingual)