African Canadian

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Africville An African Nova Scotian Community is Demolished – and Fights Back	Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Africville is designed to provide an introductory-level overview of the history of Halifax’s Africville community with particular emphasis on the lived …		98		View
From Settling Africville From: Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Africville View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter recounts the founding of Africville and the experience of the early settlers as well as the impact of the Halifax Explosion on the community. It illustrates this with drawings, …	Gloria Ann Wesley	14	2019	$1.40 Add
From NEW! Skedaddling, Crimping, and Deserting PART TWO: A HOUSE TORN ASUNDER From: From Underground Railroad to Rebel Refuge View ECW Press	Chapter Seven focuses on public and financial support for the war effort during the early weeks of the Civil War. Topics discussed include the need for more men, “bounties” and public …	Brian Martin	16	2022	$1.60 Add
From NEW! Slavery and Freedom in a British Colony PART ONE: THE ATTIC From: From Underground Railroad to Rebel Refuge View ECW Press	Chapter Two covers the history of enslavement in pre-confederation Canada, through the French, British and Portuguese presence in the areas that would become Canada. Topics discusses the lives of …	Brian Martin	18	2022	$1.80 Add
From NEW! Southerners Choose London PART THREE: RECONSTRUCTING From: From Underground Railroad to Rebel Refuge View ECW Press	Chapter Twelve focuses on the rise of London, Ontario in US-Canadian relations post Civil War. Topics discussed include bounty hunters, profiteering on newly arrived Southerners, the Tecumseh …	Brian Martin	19	2022	$1.90 Add
From Still a Problem From: Fear of a Black Nation View Between The Lines	The conclusion covers the complex and nuanced relationship between racism and classism in Canada, tracing the intersection of Black identity and labor, as well as the historical and contemporary …	David Austin	18	2023	$1.80 Add
From Still Searching for the Black Atlantic From: Fear of a Black Nation View Between The Lines	This chapter discusses the 1968 Congress of Black Writers in Montreal and it’s relationship to the global Black Power movement. The authors discuss the influence of Stokely Carmichael and …	David Austin	28	2023	$2.80 Add
From Survivors Stories Innocent From: The Hope that Remains View Véhicule Press	Innocent recounts his story of the genocide which began when he was nine years old, during which he lost five siblings and his parents. Afterward, he stayed with his remaining family members, who …	Christine Magill	13	2019	$1.30 Add
From Survivors Stories Bertin From: The Hope that Remains View Collection: Witnesses to Global Conflict: Canadian Authors' Accounts Véhicule Press	Bertin was an adult during the genocide, and so remembers it very clearly. In 1990, when the RFP arrived in Rwanda, Bertin was arrested and jailed because of his job in hydroelectricity, …	Christine Magill	25	2019	$2.50 Add
From Survivors Stories Ruth From: The Hope that Remains View Véhicule Press	Ruth was a young adult during the genocide, and lost many members of her family. Afterward she was traumatized, but eventually found her way to healing and forgiveness through her relationship …	Christine Magill	13	2019	$1.30 Add
From Survivors Stories Marie From: The Hope that Remains View Collection: Witnesses to Global Conflict: Canadian Authors' Accounts Véhicule Press	Marie was thirteen during the genocide and was saved along with her sister by Hutu women they knew. She explains finding her remaining family, recovering from her injuries and eventually making a …	Christine Magill	12	2019	$1.20 Add
From Survivors Stories CoCo From: The Hope that Remains View Véhicule Press	CoCo describes how when she was eleven, she managed to flee to the Congo during the genocide, and returned later to Rwanda with most of her family surviving. She later befriended an American …	Christine Magill	13	2019	$1.30 Add
From Survivors Stories Annick From: The Hope that Remains View Véhicule Press	Annick was twelve during the genocide. She was separated from her family, who were eventually killed except for a much older brother. She eventually was taken in by an abusive Hutu family before …	Christine Magill	26	2019	$2.60 Add
From Survivors Stories Beatrice From: The Hope that Remains View Collection: Witnesses to Global Conflict: Canadian Authors' Accounts Véhicule Press	Beatrice describes her childhood in Rwanda before the genocide, during which she was a young adult. She had left Rwanda for Burundi before and during the main part of the genocide, which had …	Christine Magill	14	2019	$1.40 Add
From Survivors Stories Clement From: The Hope that Remains View Véhicule Press	Clement was a child when the genocide happened. His house was burned down, and he fled for many months with his sister. He eventually was reunited with most of his family. Eventually, he decided …	Christine Magill	13	2019	$1.30 Add
From Survivors Stories Rose From: The Hope that Remains View Véhicule Press	Rose was eighteen and attended a boarding school during the genocide. She was taken hostage, during which time things happened that she cannot speak about. She finished school in Rwanda but she …	Christine Magill	16	2019	$1.60 Add