Her Head A Village

Silvera uses the vivid, colloquial speech of Jamaica to great effect in this collection of stories about "outsiders": immigrants for whom North America is seldom the dreamed-of land of opportunities.

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About the Author

Makeda Silvera is a Jamaican Canadian novelist and short story writer.

Other publications from this author include:

The Heart Does Not Bend (2002)
Ma-Ka Diasporic Juks: Contemporary Writing by Queers of African Descent (1997)
The Other Woman: Women of Colour in Contemporary Canadian Literature (1994)
Piece Of My Heart: A Lesbian-of-Colour Anthology (1991)
Remembering G and Other Stories (1990)