RESOURCES
The following resources provide strong insights into African Canadian spoken word poetry, both in terms of a critical look at its practice and development.
Black Voice—Context and Subtex, Lillian Allen, Prairie Fire, Winter 2014, Volume 35, number 4, http://www.prairiefire.ca/current-issue/
The Great Black North, Contemporary African Canadian Poetry 2013, Edited by Valerie Mason-John and Kevan Anthony Cameron, Frontenac House, 2013
http://blackcanadianpoetry.com/
http://frontenachouse.com/dd-product/the-great-black-north/
Odysseys Home: Mapping African-Canadian Literature, George Elliot Clarke, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2002.
http://canadianpoetry.org/volumes/vol54/andrews.html
Spoken Word from the North: Contesting Nation,Politics, and Identity, Karen Flynn and Evelyn Marrast, Wadabagei Journal, Vol. II, No. 2, Spring/Summer 2008
http://caramfound.org/images/Wadabagei_Journaol_Vol_11_2_2008.pdf
T-Dot Griots: An Anthology of Toronto’s Black Storytellers. Richardson, Karen and Steven Green, eds. 2004. Victoria, BC: Trafford Publishing
http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM186041&R=186041
The Real Story of the CFSW, Anthony Bansfield, RevWord, 2013
https://nthdigri.wordpress.com/real-story/
My Life with Poetry slams, Dwayne Morgan, Up From The Roots, 2014
http://dwaynemorgan.ca/blog/2014/02/26/my-life-with-poetry-slams/
This paper reveals insights from the mind of a talented spoken word artist and cultural commentator, whose work includes design and delivery of course on spoken word poetry at the Ontario College of art and Design, Andrea Thompson: Spoken Word: A Gesture Toward Possibility (Note: link to come)
The Origin of the Djele
An informative look at the origins of the Djele, from Taalam Acey’s Presentation at the South North Griots Summit
Black Voice—Context and Subtex, Lillian Allen, Prairie Fire, Winter 2014, Volume 35, number 4, http://www.prairiefire.ca/current-issue/
The Great Black North, Contemporary African Canadian Poetry 2013, Edited by Valerie Mason-John and Kevan Anthony Cameron, Frontenac House, 2013
http://blackcanadianpoetry.com/
http://frontenachouse.com/dd-product/the-great-black-north/
Odysseys Home: Mapping African-Canadian Literature, George Elliot Clarke, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2002.
http://canadianpoetry.org/volumes/vol54/andrews.html
Spoken Word from the North: Contesting Nation,Politics, and Identity, Karen Flynn and Evelyn Marrast, Wadabagei Journal, Vol. II, No. 2, Spring/Summer 2008
http://caramfound.org/images/Wadabagei_Journaol_Vol_11_2_2008.pdf
T-Dot Griots: An Anthology of Toronto’s Black Storytellers. Richardson, Karen and Steven Green, eds. 2004. Victoria, BC: Trafford Publishing
http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM186041&R=186041
The Real Story of the CFSW, Anthony Bansfield, RevWord, 2013
https://nthdigri.wordpress.com/real-story/
My Life with Poetry slams, Dwayne Morgan, Up From The Roots, 2014
http://dwaynemorgan.ca/blog/2014/02/26/my-life-with-poetry-slams/
This paper reveals insights from the mind of a talented spoken word artist and cultural commentator, whose work includes design and delivery of course on spoken word poetry at the Ontario College of art and Design, Andrea Thompson: Spoken Word: A Gesture Toward Possibility (Note: link to come)
The Origin of the Djele
An informative look at the origins of the Djele, from Taalam Acey’s Presentation at the South North Griots Summit