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The Black Press: A Shadowed Canadian Tradition
The Black Press: A Shadowed Canadian Tradition
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The Black Press brings together original, multidisciplinary research that explores the history and impact of Black newspapers in Canada. This collection of essays introduces readers to the rich archive of Black Canadian journalism, spanning the period from the abolitionist to the modern civil rights era, and reveals the extensive network of African and African-descended activist-journalists.
The book positions Black Canadian journalists, editors, publishers, and readers as influential intellectual activists whose efforts shaped the press to drive socio-cultural change both in Canada and abroad. Through historical analysis and archival research, each essay highlights how Black journalists countered mainstream portrayals of their community, challenging dominant narratives of Blackness in the Canadian imaginary. The essays demonstrate how the Black Press served as a crucial space for reflecting on Black Canadian identity, belonging, social justice, and human rights within the colonial contexts of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Combining historical, archival, and cultural analysis, the book uncovers the profound and often overlooked influence of the Black Press on Canada's cultural and political landscape.
Author: Claudine Bonner,Boulou Ebanda de B'Beri,Nina Reid-Maroney
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 07/22/2025
Series: African & Diasporic Cultural Studies
Pages: 184
Weight: 0.48lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781487526702
The book positions Black Canadian journalists, editors, publishers, and readers as influential intellectual activists whose efforts shaped the press to drive socio-cultural change both in Canada and abroad. Through historical analysis and archival research, each essay highlights how Black journalists countered mainstream portrayals of their community, challenging dominant narratives of Blackness in the Canadian imaginary. The essays demonstrate how the Black Press served as a crucial space for reflecting on Black Canadian identity, belonging, social justice, and human rights within the colonial contexts of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Combining historical, archival, and cultural analysis, the book uncovers the profound and often overlooked influence of the Black Press on Canada's cultural and political landscape.
Author: Claudine Bonner,Boulou Ebanda de B'Beri,Nina Reid-Maroney
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 07/22/2025
Series: African & Diasporic Cultural Studies
Pages: 184
Weight: 0.48lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781487526702
