The Black Prairie Archives
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The Black Prairie Archives

An Anthology

  1. 594 pages
  2. English
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The Black Prairie Archives

An Anthology

About this book

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.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Introduction
  9. The Repertoire Daniel T. Williams (ca. 1840–1887)
  10. Alfred Schmitz Shadd (1870–1915)
  11. Mildred Jane Lewis Ware (1871–1905)
  12. Reverend George Washington Slater, Jr. (1873–1940)
  13. William Sylvester Alpheus Beal (1874–1968)
  14. Rosa Shannon (ca. 1880–1931)
  15. Alice Ethel Lewis (1886–1960)
  16. Jefferson Davis Edwards (1888–1979)
  17. John Bell Bowden (1888–1982)
  18. Sylvester Long (1890–1932)
  19. Martha Edwards (1890–1977)
  20. Amanda Janet (Nettie) Ware (1893–1989)
  21. E.A. Cobbs (dates unknown)
  22. Ellis Hooks (1907–1979)
  23. Luther Gerard (1914–2004)
  24. Woody Strode (1914–1994)
  25. Lloyd Mayes (1916–ca. 1972)
  26. Golder (“Goldie”) Gordon (dates unknown)
  27. Gwendolyn Hooks (1920–2018)
  28. Fil Fraser (1932–2017)
  29. Claire Harris (1937–2018)
  30. Addena Sumter-Freitag (1944–)
  31. Linus Tongwo Asong (1947–2012)
  32. Nigel Darbasie (1950–)
  33. Tololwa M. Mollel (1952–)
  34. Selwyn Jacob (ca. 1950s–)
  35. F.B. André (1955–)
  36. Cheryl Foggo (1956–)
  37. Lawrence Hill (1957–)
  38. Margaret Robinson-Gudmundson (1957–)
  39. George Bwanika Seremba (1958–)
  40. Valerie Mason-John (1962–)
  41. Nduka Otiono (1964–)
  42. Sheila Addiscott (1964–)
  43. Suzette Mayr (1967–)
  44. Dawn Carter (1968–)
  45. Minister Faust (1969–)
  46. Deanna Bowen (1969–)
  47. Bertrand Bickersteth (1969–)
  48. Troy B. Bailey (ca. 1960s–)
  49. Wakefield Brewster (1972–)
  50. Odario Williams (Mood Ruff) (1972–)
  51. Bola Opaleke (1973–)
  52. Chantal Hitayezu (birthdate unknown)
  53. Ian Samuels (1975–)
  54. Kaie Kellough (1975–)
  55. Georges Edy Laraque (1976–)
  56. Esi Edugyan (1978–)
  57. Nestor Wynrush (Elliott Walsh) (1978–)
  58. Nehal El-Hadi (1979–)
  59. Francisco Alexander Fwallah (ca. 1980s–)
  60. Michelle Jean-Paul (1980–)
  61. Marika Warner (1981–)
  62. Lisa Codrington
  63. Khodi Dill (1983–)
  64. Ahmed Ali (Knowmadic) (1984–)
  65. Tchitala Nyota Kamba (ca. 1984–)
  66. Títílopé Sónúgà (1985–)
  67. Roland (Rollie) Pemberton (Cadence Weapon) (1986–)
  68. Frank Fontaine (Young Kidd) (1988–)
  69. Miranda Martini (1990–)
  70. Works Cited
  71. Copyright Acknowledgements
  72. Index of Authors and Titles