Social 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 Trumps 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
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Weight: 156g
Dimensions: 133 x 229mm
Publication Date: 31 Jan 2020
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Publication City/Country: Canada
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781772125108
About Valerie Mason-John
Poet 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.