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Monthly Archives: February 2011
HONOURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2011: LILLIAN ALLEN PERFORMS DUB POETRY
Lillian Allen is a two-time Juno Award winner and the originator of Dub Poetry. Allen’s poetry challenges the mainstream, is entertaining, and very original. Enjoy her words.
HONOURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2011: INTERVIEW WITH LILLIAN ALLEN
Dub poet Lillian Allen continues to define the form and explore its leading innovative edge. She has performed her work in many major venues in North America taking poetry to larger and larger audiences. She has produced Juno award winning … Continue reading
HONOURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2011: PSYCHIC UNREST BY LILLIAN ALLEN + A TALK WITH BLACK FEMINIST ERICA NEEGAN
Psychic Unrest By Lillian Allen Reviewed by Jorge Antonio Vallejos All the great poets learned from those who came before them. Many young and aspiring poets have Walt Whitman sired. Willam Butler Yeats has influenced many. And Sylvia Plath is … Continue reading
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Tagged "Borderlands" by Gloria Anzaldua, "Dear Mr. President" by Chrystos, "Don't They Know" by Lillian Allen, "Psychic Unrest" by Lillian Allen, "The Poetry of Things" by Lillian Allen, 'STOP THE WAR ON WOMEN AND CHILDREN", Black Coffee Poet, Chrystos, Dub Poetry, Gloria Anzaldua, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, Juno Award, Lillian Allen, O.J Simpson Trial, Oklahoma Bombing, South African Apartheid
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BREAKING THE SILENCE ABOUT CANADA’S 800+ MISSING AND MURDERED ABORIGINAL WOMEN: A LETTER FROM A MEMBER HELEN BETTY OSBORNE’S COMMUNITY AND BLACK COFFEE POET’S RESPONSE
Many blackcoffeepoet.com readers have commented on the email exchange between Alex Wilson, a member of Helen Betty Osborne’s community, and myself. In case you have not read it, here it is: February 16, 2011 Thanks for posting the interview. Robyn … Continue reading
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BREAKING THE SILENCE ABOUT CANADA’S 800+ MISSING AND MURDERED ABORIGINAL WOMEN: CREE POETS NICOLE TANGUAY AND DANA WESLEY SPEAK OUT
Nicole Tanguay is a Cree and French Two-Spirited Poet, Playwright, and Musician. She has been playing music from the age of nine, and has been writing poetry and plays for over twenty years. She has been published in a number … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Coffee Poet, Breaking the Silence About Canada's Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women, Breaking the Silence About Canada's Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women: Cree Poets Nicole Tanguay and Dana Wesley Speak Out, Dana Wesley, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, Nicole Tanguay
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BREAKING THE SILENCE ABOUT CANADA’S 800+ MISSING AND MURDERED ABORIGINAL WOMEN: INTERVIEW WITH CREE ACADEMIC AND ACTIVIST ROBYN BOURGEOIS + A PHOTO ESSAY OF THE “NO MORE SILENCE” RALLY FEB 14TH 2011 (TORONTO)
ALL Photos of the Rally Taken by Jorge Antonio Vallejos Feb. 14- 2011 Toronto Robyn Bourgeois (Lubicon Cree) is a Ph.D Candidate at OISE/University of Toronto. Her dissertation, “Pathways of Resistance: The Politics of Addressing Violence Against Aboriginal Women and Girls … Continue reading
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Tagged "Conspiracy of Silence" by Lisa Priest, "No More Silence" rally February 14th 2011 (Toronto), Beaking the Silence on Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women in Canada, Black Coffee Poet, Helen Betty Osborne, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, Interview with Robyn Bourgeois, Lisa Priest, No More Silence, The Pas
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BREAKING THE SILENCE ABOUT CANADA’S MISSING AND MURDERED ABORIGINAL WOMEN: AN INTERVIEW WITH EDEN ROBINSON AND A REVIEW OF “CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE”
Conspiracy of Silence: The Riveting, Real-Life Account of The [Helen Betty Osborne]Pas Murder and Cover-up that Rocked the Nation Reviewed by Jorge Antonio Vallejos Four white boys. One Cree girl. Four cowards. One warrior. Two white boys given immunity, one … Continue reading
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Tagged "Conspiracy of Silence" by Lisa Priest, Black Coffee Poet, Helen Betty Osborne, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, Interview with Eden Robinson, Missing and Murdered Aborinal Women in Canada, Norway House Reserve, Swampy Cree, The murder of Helen Betty Osborne, The Pas Murder, Violence Against Aboriginal Women
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HONOURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2011: DIANA BRAITHWAITE SINGS AT SILVER DOLLAR ROOM
Diana Braithwaite is a Toronto based Blues singer/songwriter and Black History educator. Braithwaite has won multiple awards for her albums and songwriting. Enjoy a short piece of a recent performance of Braithwaite’s at Toronto’s Silver Dollar Room (January … Continue reading
HONOURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2011: INTERVIEW WITH BLUES SINGER DIANA BRAITHWAITE
Diana Braithwaite is an award winning Blues singer and songwriter whose ancestry traces back to the Underground Railroad. Not only a musician, Braithwaite educates youth about Black History and the Underground Railraod via workshops that include the Blues. Braithwaite brings … Continue reading
HONOURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2011: NIGHT BIRD BLUES
Night Bird Blues By Jorge Antonio Vallejos Braithwaite and Whiteley’s new CD is appropriately named Night Bird Blues as Braithwaite’s voice soars on every track. Pulling her listeners in, keeping them, and then letting them fly away in between songs … Continue reading
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