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I Am Still Your Negro: An Homage to James Baldwin (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781772125108)
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xSocial Justice Poetry
Spoken-word poet Valerie Mason-John unsettles readers with potent images of ongoing trauma from slavery and colonization. Her narratives range from the beginnings of the African Diaspora to the story of a stowaway on the Windrush, from racism and sexism in Trump's America to the wide impact of the Me Too movement. Stories of entrapment, sexual assault, addictive behaviours, and rave culture are told and contrasted to the strengthening and forthright voice of Yaata, Supreme Being. I Am Still Your Negro is truth that needs to be told, re-told, and remembered. Foreword by George Elliott Clarke. I was your Negro
Captured and sold
I am still your negro
Arrested and killed
--from "I Am Still Your Negro"
Author: Valerie Mason-John
ISBN-10: 1772125105
ISBN-13: 9781772125108
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Language: English
Published: 01/31/2020
Pages: 120
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.00w x 0.40d
Spoken-word poet Valerie Mason-John unsettles readers with potent images of ongoing trauma from slavery and colonization. Her narratives range from the beginnings of the African Diaspora to the story of a stowaway on the Windrush, from racism and sexism in Trump's America to the wide impact of the Me Too movement. Stories of entrapment, sexual assault, addictive behaviours, and rave culture are told and contrasted to the strengthening and forthright voice of Yaata, Supreme Being. I Am Still Your Negro is truth that needs to be told, re-told, and remembered. Foreword by George Elliott Clarke. I was your Negro
Captured and sold
I am still your negro
Arrested and killed
--from "I Am Still Your Negro"
Author: Valerie Mason-John
ISBN-10: 1772125105
ISBN-13: 9781772125108
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Language: English
Published: 01/31/2020
Pages: 120
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.00w x 0.40d
By Valerie Mason-John
xPoet, author, and public speaker Valerie Mason-John (a.k.a. "Queenie") highlights issues of the African Diaspora and the Black, female, Queer identity, and resists the currently existing overt and covert forms of colonialism through their fierce and brave writing. They are the author /editor of ten books. Their debut novel, Borrowed Body, won the 2006 Mind Book of the Year Award. They co-edited the award-winning anthology, The Great Black North: Contemporary African Canadian Poetry, and co-produced blackhalifax.com. Their most recent book is an edited collection: Afrikan Wisdom: New Voices Talk Black Liberation, Buddhism, and Beyond. Valerie lives in Vancouver. Find them online at valeriemason-john.com.
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