In this Book
- The Black Prairie Archives: An Anthology
- Book
- 2020
- Published by: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
The Black Prairie Archives: An Anthology recovers a new regional archive of “black prairie” literature, and includes writing that ranges from work by nineteenth-century black fur traders and pioneers, all of it published here for the first time, to contemporary writing of the twenty-first century.
This anthology establishes a new black prairie literary tradition and transforms inherited understandings of what prairie literature looks and sounds like. It collects varied and unique work by writers who were both conscious and unconscious of themselves as black writers or as “prairie” people. Their letters, recipes, oral literature, autobiographies, rap, and poetry- provide vivid glimpses into the reality of their lived experiences and give meaning to them.
The book includes introductory notes for each writer in non-specialist language, and notes to assist readers in their engagement with the literature. This archive and its supporting text offer new scholarly and pedagogical possibilities by expanding the nation’s and the region’s archives. They enrich our understanding of black Canada by bringing to light the prairies' black histories, cultures, and presences.
• published in the context of #blacklivesmatter• illuminates the current context of black life and political struggle by bringing forward a range of accounts of individual and collective struggle often left out of Canadian media
• enriches our understanding of black Canada
• includes never-before-published work from 19th century black fur traders and pioneers as well as contemporary writing
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- pp. xiii-xvi
- Introduction
- pp. 1-38
- Daniel T. Williams (ca. 1840-1887)
- pp. 39-41
- Notebook 1872-1875
- p. 41
- Alfred Schmitz Shadd (1870-1915)
- pp. 43-45
- Defamation
- pp. 46-47
- Sorry but Happy
- p. 47
- Mildred Jane Lewis Ware (1871-1905)
- pp. 48-49
- Letter May 4, 1898
- p. 50
- Letter June 6, 1898
- pp. 50-51
- Letter June 20, 1899
- p. 51
- Why I Became a Socialist
- pp. 55-57
- Emancipation
- pp. 57-59
- Our Negro Citizens (April 17, 1922)
- pp. 59-61
- In Loving Memory of Alberta
- pp. 74-75
- Jefferson Davis Edwards (1888-1979)
- pp. 76-77
- Sylvester Long (1890-1932)
- pp. 88-90
- Canoe Song
- pp. 102-103
- Death Song of Long Lance
- pp. 103-104
- Dr. Amanda Janet (Nettie) Ware (1893-1989)
- pp. 108-109
- E.A. Cobbs (dates unknown)
- pp. 114-115
- Ellis Hooks (1907-1979)
- pp. 120-121
- Woody Strode (1914-1994)
- pp. 133-134
- From Goal Dust
- pp. 134-144
- "From North of the Gully: "Homebrew""
- pp. 145-149
- Fil Fraser (1932-2017)
- pp. 160-163
- Claire Harris (1937-2018)
- pp. 174-176
- From Drawing Down a Daughter
- pp. 176-182
- From Stay Black & Die
- pp. 184-189
- Linus Tongwo Asong (1947-2012)
- pp. 190-191
- From No Way to Die
- pp. 191-201
- Nigel Darbasie (1950-)
- pp. 202-203
- Our Subdivision
- p. 203
- Tololwa M. Mollel (1952-)
- pp. 206-207
- Feasting on Words
- pp. 207-217
- Canada Dry
- pp. 217-219
- Selwyn Jacob (ca. 1950s-)
- pp. 220-221
- A Filmmaker's Journey to an Untold Story
- pp. 221-223
- F.B. André (1955-)
- pp. 224-225
- Is There Someone You Can Call?
- pp. 225-231
- Cheryl Foggo (1956-)
- pp. 232-234
- From Pourin' Down Rain
- pp. 234-240
- From John Ware Reimagined
- pp. 240-250
- Lawrence Hill (1957-)
- pp. 251-253
- Meet You at the Door
- pp. 253-266
- The Severance
- pp. 268-274
- George Bwanika Seremba (1958-)
- pp. 275-276
- From Come Good Rain
- pp. 276-296
- Valerie Mason-John (1962-)
- pp. 297-298
- Self Portrait Two
- pp. 299-300
- Yellowknifed
- pp. 300-301
- Nduka Otiono (1964-)
- pp. 302-303
- Homeland Securities
- pp. 303-305
- Archive Fever
- pp. 305-306
- University of Work
- pp. 307-308
- Sheila Addiscott (1964-)
- pp. 309-310
- Suzette Mayr (1967-)
- pp. 316-318
- From Monoceros
- pp. 318-323
- Dawn Carter (1968-)
- pp. 333-334
- Restoration
- pp. 334-335
- A Monumental Love
- pp. 335-336
- Get into My Car
- pp. 336-337
- Minister Faust (1969-)
- pp. 338-339
- From The Alchemists of Kush
- pp. 344-353
- Deanna Bowen (1969-)
- pp. 354-355
- sum of the parts that can be named
- pp. 355-365
- Bertrand Bickersteth (1969-)
- pp. 366-367
- Accidental Agriculture
- pp. 367-369
- What We Used to Call It
- p. 369
- The Invisible Man on the Prairies
- pp. 371-372
- Troy B. Bailey (ca. 1960s-)
- pp. 373-374
- From The Pierre Bonga Loops
- pp. 374-378
- Wakefield Brewster (1972-)
- pp. 379-380
- Odario Williams (Mood Ruff) (1972-)
- pp. 387-388
- Front from the Past, Pt. II
- pp. 388-390
- Front from the Past, Pt. III
- pp. 390-392
- Bola Opaleke (1973-)
- p. 393
- The Autobiography of Water
- pp. 394-397
- Ian Samuels (1975-)
- pp. 404-405
- From The Ubiquitous Big
- pp. 405-408
- Kaie Kellough (1975-)
- pp. 409-410
- boy hood dub II
- pp. 410-413
- night gallery
- pp. 413-415
- vox versus
- pp. 415-417
- Georges Edy Laraque (1976-)
- pp. 418-420
- Esi Edugyan (1978-)
- pp. 430-432
- From The Second Life of Samuel Tyne
- pp. 432-438
- Nestor Wynrush (Elliott Walsh) (1978-)
- pp. 439-440
- Winnipeg South Blues
- pp. 440-444
- Ole Mine Town
- pp. 444-445
- Nehal El-Hadi (1979-)
- pp. 446-447
- Djinn in Saskatchewan
- pp. 447-448
- Aquilo que Mereces ("What You Deserve")
- pp. 460-461
- Learning to Love Me
- pp. 463-465
- Marika Warner (1981-)
- pp. 466-467
- From Mulatto Nation
- pp. 467-480
- Lisa Codrington (1982-)
- pp. 481-482
- From Cast Iron
- pp. 482-493
- Khodi Dill (1983-)
- pp. 494-495
- Oil and Water
- pp. 499-500
- Ahmed Ali (Knowmadic) (1984-)
- pp. 501-502
- Child Soldier
- pp. 502-503
- Tchitala Nyota Kamba (ca. 1984-)
- pp. 504-505
- Títílopé Sónúgà (1985-)
- pp. 519-520
- Grandpa Igbobi
- pp. 520-521
- Oliver Square
- pp. 527-529
- 30 Seconds
- pp. 529-531
- How Black?
- pp. 531-533
- Frank Fontaine (Young Kidd) (1988-)
- pp. 534-535
- Wonderful Winnipeg
- pp. 535-537
- Miranda Martini (1990-)
- p. 540
- The Drinking Gourd: Three Tales
- pp. 541-548
- Works Cited
- pp. 549-566
- Copyright Acknowledgements
- pp. 567-572
- Index of Authors and Titles
- pp. 573-576
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