We can hardly keep them stocked : Why books by Black authors are flying off the shelves
Interest in Black literature remains high during Black History Month, nine months after the killing of George Floyd.
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Posted: Feb 28, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: March 4
Canadian author and activist Sandy Hudson said she is heartened by the public’s interest in her latest book Until We are Free.(Submitted by Sandy Hudson)
Cost of Living9:40 We can hardly keep them stocked : Why books by Black authors are flying off the shelves
Sandy Hudson and her team of writers had barely kicked off their book tour in Toronto last February when the COVID-19 emergency forced them to cancel all stops in Alberta, Nova Scotia and the Yukon.
Posted: Feb 24, 2021 1:37 PM ET | Last Updated: February 24
University of Windsor law student Jordan Afolabi says he s faced anti-Black racism on campus from university administrators.(Ousama Farag/CBC)
A law student at the University of Windsor says he s come face-to-face with what it means to be Black on campus in Canada, and the reality of what that means scares him. I started seeing in real time what anti-Black racism can do, Jordan Afolabi told
The Fifth Estate. It can be the difference between me being a lawyer and me being a criminal.
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was edited by Rodney Diverlus, Sandy Hudson and Syrus Marcus Ware.
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Angry Queer Somali Boy is a memoir by Mohamed Abdulkarim Ali.(Philip Sutherland, University of Regina Press)
Angry Queer Somali Boy is a memoir by Mohamed Abdulkarim Ali, who left Somalia as a young man, spent time in the Netherlands and ended up homeless in Canada. Canada was the promised land, but when he didn t fit in and life was more difficult than he expected, Ali turned to drugs and partying before finding his way.
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Why Black artists should spend 2021 forging our own paths â not trying to fix broken institutions Our collective protests have created a chasm, one we can fill with Black art, new ideas, and our full selves, writes artist and activist Rodney Diverlus.
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Posted: Jan 15, 2021 3:00 PM ET | Last Updated: January 15
Rodney Diverlus.(Robin Pueyo)
Black Light is a column by Governor General Award-winning writer Amanda Parris that spotlights, champions and challenges art and popular culture that is created by Black people and/or centres Black people. While Amanda is away on maternity leave, a different writer will be featured in a guest edition of the column each month. This month s edition is a point-of-view essay by movement artist and Black Lives Matter â Canada co-founder Rodney Diverlus.