Black Matters

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Black Matters is written by Afua Cooper and published by Fernwood Publishing. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1773632566 (ISBN 10) and 9781773632568 (ISBN 13).

Halifax’s former Poet Laureate Afua Cooper and photographer Wilfried Raussert collaborate in this book of poems and photographs focused on everyday Black experiences. The result is a jambalaya — a dialogue between image and text. Cooper translates Raussert’s photos into poetry, painting a profound image of what disembodied historical facts might look like when they are embodied in contemporary characters. This visual and textual conversation honours the multiple layers of Blackness in the African diaspora around North America and Europe. The result is a work that amplifies black beauty and offers audible resistance.