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The black Prairie archives : an anthology

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    Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2020
    Note: This book was purchased with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.

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  • Contributor: Vernon, Karina; Addiscott, Sheila; Ali, Ahmed; Andre, F. B.; Asong, Linus Tongwo; Bailey, Troy B.; Beal, William Sylvester Alpheus; Bickersteth, Bertrand; Bowden, Deanna; Bowden, John Bell; Brewster, Wakefield; Bwanika Seremba, George; Carter, Dawn; Cobbs, E. A.; Codrington, Lisa; Darbasie, Nigel; Dill, Khodi; Edugyan, Esi; Edwards, Jefferson Davis; Edwards, Martha; El-Hadi, Nahal; Faust, Minister; Foggo, Cheryl; Fontaine, Frank; Fraser, Fil; Fwallah, Francisco Alexander; Gerard, Luther; Gordon, Golder; Harris, Claire; Hill, Lawrence; Hitzayezu, Chantal; Hooks, Ellis; Hooks, Gwendolyn; Jacob, Selwyn; Jean-Paul, Michelle; Kellough, Kaie; Laraque, Georges Edy; Lewis, Alice Ethel; Lewis Ware, Mildred Jane; Buffalo Child Long Lance; Martini, Miranda; Mason-John, Valerie; Mayes, Lloyd; Mayr, Suzette; Mollel, Tololwa M.; Nyota Kamba, Tehitala; Opaleke, Bola; Otiono, Nduka; Cadence Weapon; Robinson-Gudmundson, Margaret; Samuels, Ian; Schmitz Shadd, Alfred; Shannon, Rosa; Sonuga, Titilope; Strode, Woody; Sumter-Freitag, Addena; Ware, Amanda Janet; Warner, Marika; Washington Slater, George; Williams, Daniel T.; Williams, Odario; Wynrush, Nestor
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    2020
    Summary:

    "It's an anthology of writings by black authors from the prairie -- from 19th-century fur traders to avant-garde writers of the 21st."--

    Contents:
    • Introduction
    • The repertoire Daniel T. Williams (ca. 1840-1887)
    • Alfred Schmitz Shadd (1870-1915)
    • Mildred Jane Lewis Ware (1871-1905)
    • Reverend George Washington Slater, Jr. (1873-1940)
    • William Sylvester Alpheus Beal (1874-1968)
    • Rosa Shannon (ca. 1880-1931)
    • Alice Ethel Lewis (1886-1960)
    • Jefferson Davis Edwards (1888-1979)
    • John Bell Bowden (1888-1982)
    • Sylvester Long (1890-1932)
    • Martha Edwards (1890-1977)
    • Amanda Janet (Nettie) Ware (1893-1989)
    • E.A. Cobbs (dates unknown)
    • Ellis Hooks (1907-1979)
    • Luther Gerard (1914-2004)
    • Woody Strode (1914-1994)
    • Lloyd Mayes (1916-ca. 1972)
    • Golder ("Goldie") Gordon (dates unknown)
    • Gwendolyn Hooks (1920-2018)
    • Fil Fraser (1932-2017)
    • Claire Harris (1937-2018) Addena Sumter-Freitag (1944-)
    • Linus Tongwo Asong (1947-2012)
    • Nigel Darbasie (1950-)
    • Tololwa M. Mollel (1952-)
    • Selwyn Jacob (ca. 1950s-)
    • Cheryl Foggo (1956-)
    • Lawrence Hill (1957-)
    • Margaret Robinson-Gudmundson (1957-)
    • George Bwanika Seremba (1958-)
    • Valerie Mason-John (1962-)
    • Nduka Otiono (1964-)
    • Sheila Addiscott (1964-)
    • Suzette Mayr (1967-)
    • Dawn Carter (1968-)
    • Minister Faust (1969-)
    • Deanna Bowen (1969-)
    • Bertrand Bickersteth (1969-)
    • Troy B. Bailey (ca. 1960s-)
    • Wakefield Brewster (1972-)
    • Odario Williams (Mood Ruff) (1972-)
    • Bola Opaleke (1973-)
    • Chantal Hitayezu (birthdate unknown)
    • DIan Samuels (1975-) Kaie Kellough (1975-)
    • Georges Edy Laraque (1976-)
    • Esi Edugyan (1978-)
    • Nestor Wynrush (Elliott Walsh) (1978-)
    • Nehal El-Hadi (1979-)
    • Francisco Alexander Fwallah (ca. 1980s-)
    • Michelle Jean-Paul (1980-)
    • Marika Warner (1981-)
    • Lisa Codrington
    • Khodi Dill (1983-)
    • Ahmed Ali (Knowmadic) (1984-)
    • Tchitala Nyota Kamba (ca. 1984-)
    • Títílopé Sónúgà (1985-)
    • Roland (Rollie) Pemberton (Cadence Weapon) (1986-)
    • Frank Fontaine (Young Kidd) (1988-)
    • Miranda Martini (1990-)
    • Works cited
    • Copyright acknowledgements
    • Index of authors and titles
    Genre:
    Canadian nonfiction
    Subject(s): Black authors | Canadian literature
    Original Publisher: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, Wilfrid Laurier University Press
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9781771123754, 1771123753, 9781771123761, 1771123761
    Collection(s)/Series: Anti-Racist Resources