Selection of Poems Bird of Paradise At the Centre Woman A Wail Horus of my Heart The Child is Alive Confessions of a woman who burnt down a town Memories Have Tongue

Afua Cooper, one of Canada's most versatile poets, is of Afro-Caribbean origin. Hers is an oracular voice. She comes in the tradition of the shamaness, the warner, the four-eye woman …

Afua Cooper’s fifth book of poetry Copper Woman And Other Poems combines history and art to tell a story expressed through emotion and thought. The writing creates a message for …

A celebrated poet, Afua is a founder of the Dub Poetry Movement in Canada. In 2020 she was Awarded the Portia White Prize, Nova Scotia’s highest recognition for the arts, and was …

Dr. Afua Cooper is well known for educating and evaluating the historical context of enslaved Africans in her poems. How does the theme of liberation show up in the poem?

Oct 1, 2006 · Copper Woman and Other Poems is a collection of poems that announces a humanistic vision, dealing with such themes as rebirth (physical and symbolic), mythology, …

Feb 11, 2017 · Confessions of a woman who burnt down a town In June 1734 Marie Joseph Angelique a Black slave woman was hanged in Montreal for burning down much of that town …

Bird of Paradise Understatement: An Anthology of 12 Toronto Poets, ed. Tanya Nanavati. Toronto: Seraphim Edition, 1996. At dawn my mother stands on the hill behind our house and …

Nov 10, 2020 · December 2020, Ethical Living | Culture Poem by Afua Cooper: Things I Like Doing The poem is excerpted from "Black Matters," and is Cooper’s lyrical take on the …

Mar 2, 2019 · This weekend’s weekend video is of Dr. Afua Cooper reading a version of her poem, ‘Negro cemeteries.’ Afua Cooper is a poet, educator, and historian, and currently the …