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I Am Still Your Negro
Valerie Mason-John
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Publisher:
The University of Alberta Press
The University of Alberta Press
DRM:
Watermark
Watermark
Publication Year:
2020
2020
ISBN-13:
9781772125337
Description:
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 Trump’s 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.
I was your Negro
Captured and sold
I am still your negro
Arrested and killed
—from “I Am Still Your Negro”
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 Trump’s 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.
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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