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Masuma Khan (she/her)
Executive Director
Masuma is a local community organizer and artist, born and raised in Kjipuktuk, Mi’kma’ki (Halifax, Nova Scotia). She has worked in housing support and has years of experience in union governance. She is known for her overwhelming passion and commitment to dismantling systems of oppression. Those closest to her know her for her big smile and an even bigger heart. Many will also know her as local hip hop artist General Khan. Masuma has been breaking barriers in the local rap scene since the release of her first album Wrath of Khan in 2021. Poetry is an expression that is tied to her cultural practice as a Pashtun and her art style is influenced by her lived experiences facing white supremacy, colonialism, islamophobia and ableism.
Amelia Taylor (she/her)
Venue Director
Maggi Keddy (she/her)
Front of House Director
Matt Downey (They/He)
Technical Director
Jordan Farmer (he/him)
StART Producer
Known professionally as Tempo, Jordan is a multifaceted creative entrepreneur with roots both in Ontario and Nova Scotia. Starting as a dancer, Jordan worked with Concrete Roots and Unity Charity, developing a strong sense of community. Equipped with a thorough understanding and connection to music, this fuelled the need to take control of the very language that influenced his movement, ultimately resulting in the transition to production. Making the jump to music, the 2019 HopScotch All Styles winner has since dedicated his craft to becoming more involved in projects advocating for racial equality and artistic freedom throughout the Province.
Andre Fenton (he/him)
Narrative Program Director
Andre Fenton is an award-winning African Nova Scotian writer, performer, and arts educator who has represented Halifax at eight national spoken word festivals across Canada. He is the 2023 recipient of the Portia White Protege Award and a 2022 recipient of an Emerging Artist Recognition Award from Creative NS Awards. Andre is the author of three young adult fiction novels, Worthy of Love. ANNAKA, which was the 2022 recipient of The Community & Place Award from Digitally Lit, and The Summer Between Us, which won Gold in The Coast’s 2022 Best Of Awards. Andre has facilitated writing and performance workshops in over 100 classrooms across Nova Scotia. He is the founder of The Ink Collective, and the director of The
Narrative Program at The Bus Stop Theatre Co-Op. He is represented by CookeMcDermid and Meridian Artists. Andre is based in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
