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
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- CaOOCEL
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- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- C811/.6
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 23
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- Canadian Electronic Library (Firm),
- General Note
- Poems Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
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- 9781772125108 9781772125191
- LCCN
- PR6113.A853
- LCCN Item number
- I26 2020eb
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- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xx, 98 pages)
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- Ottawa, Ontario
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- CaOOCEL
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- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
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- (CaBNVSL)thg00980349 (OCoLC)1124074434 (CaOOCEL)458659
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Table of Contents
- Front cover 1
- Title page 4
- Copyright page 5
- Dedication 6
- Contents 8
- Foreword | Clarke 10
- ID 14
- Introduction 18
- #Undocumented 22
- Back a Yard 23
- My Father’s Prayer 25
- Sticks and Stones 26
- #ThisIsAfricanDiaspora 28
- Yaata’s Lament 29
- The Ghost of Thomas Peters 32
- I Am Africa 38
- African Feet 41
- The Windrush 43
- I Am Still Your Negro 46
- Another One Bites the Dust 49
- #MeToo 50
- Yaata’s Yowl 51
- Business 53
- Golden Virginia 54
- The Villain 55
- The Perfect Road 57
- The Couplet 59
- #MeToo 61
- Playing Dead 69
- #IfMyPlantsCouldSpeak 70
- Yaata’s Groan 71
- Yellowknife 74
- The Binge 77
- The VindaLoo 78
- Anorectic 79
- #Swag 80
- Yaata’s Manifesto 81
- The Front Line 84
- Sixty Seconds 85
- Stalk Time 86
- Mothercare 89
- #RaveScene 90
- Yaata’s Rap 91
- Essentials for Heaven 92
- Cinders Time 93
- My First Half 97
- Class A 101
- #Intersectionality 102
- Yaata’s Prophecy 103
- Self Portrait 1: The Colour of My Skin 105
- Self Portrait 2: Call Me My Name 106
- Man-ifestation 108
- A Wake 110
- Forget and Pretend 112
- Again Becoming 114
- Farewell My Fiend 115
- Yaata’s Epilogue 116
- Acknowledgements 118
- About the Author 120
- Other Titles from University of Alberta Press 121
