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I am still your negro : an homage to James Baldwin / Valerie Mason-John.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mason-John, Valerie, author.
- Series:
- Robert Kroetsch series.
- Robert Kroetsch series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social justice--Poetry.
- Social justice.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (121 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Edmonton, Alberta : University of Alberta Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- "Valerie Mason-John's poetry collection, I Am Still Your Negro, blends spoken word and hashtags with villanelles, sonnets, and haiku to traverse the African Diaspora experience through place, time, and circumstance. Blak Inglis street vernacular, the cadence of enslaved people in the Americas, patois and creole join the enduring spirit voice of Yaata, Supreme Being of the Kona people, to reveal narratives of liberation, entrapment, sexual assault, eating disorders, and rave culture. An emotive critique of colonization's bitter legacy, this collection will draw audiences of the spoken word genre and poetry readers who wish to broaden their knowledge about contemporary social justice issues."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- ID
- Introduction
- #Undocumented
- Back a Yard
- My Fathers Prayer
- Sticks and Stones
- #ThisIsAfricanDiaspora
- Yaatas Lament
- The Ghost of Thomas Peters
- I Am Africa
- African Feet
- The Windrush
- I Am Still Your Negro
- Another One Bites the Dust
- #MeToo
- Yaatas Yowl
- Business
- Golden Virginia
- The Villain
- The Perfect Road
- The Couplet
- Playing Dead
- #IfMyPlantsCouldSpeak
- Yaatas Groan
- Yellowknife
- The Binge
- The VindaLoo
- Anorectic
- #Swag
- Yaatas Manifesto
- The Front Line
- Sixty Seconds
- Stalk Time
- Mothercare
- #RaveScene
- Yaatas Rap
- Essentials for Heaven
- Cinders Time
- My First Half
- Class A
- #Intersectionality
- Yaatas Prophecy
- Self Portrait 1 THE COLOUR OF MY SKIN
- Self Portrait 2 CALL ME MY NAME
- Man-ifestation
- A Wake
- Forget and Pretend
- Again Becoming
- Farewell My Fiend
- Yaatas Epilogue
- Acknowledgements
- Notes:
- Poems.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781772125344
- 1772125342
- 9781772125191
- 1772125199
- OCLC:
- 1124074434
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