AP/HUMA 3315 3.00

Black Literatures and Cultures in Canada

This course is concerned with the study of Black Canada, principally through literature, drama and film. Using the work of film makers Clement Virgo, Martine Chartrand, Dana Inkster, and others; writers Dionne Brand, Wayde Compton, Djanet Sears, and Charles Boyd, students consider how African Canadian imaginaries are rendered, how they work to construct a history and to occupy place. Essays by Rinaldo Walcott, George Elliot Clarke, Katherine McKittrick and Pierre Nora support the course’s investigations.