CBC MANITOBA - TV REPORTING

When Antiguan-born Olsen Jarvis was attending the University of Manitoba, he became good friends with people who immigrated directly from Africa. 

He started reading about African history and picked up a Malcolm X book where he came across the statement, "There ain't no country called black." 

This shifted the trajectory of his life, setting him on a mission to connect to his ancestral roots.

"I have traced my ethnicity back to Ghana, in Africa," said Jarvis, a respiratory therapist.  

"And basically, through my many years of research and discussions with friends and family, I have basically come to the understanding that my roots and my family come from Africa."