Poetry Reading and Performance, George Elliot Clarke
Wednesday, March 8th at 7:00 am to Thursday, March 9th, 2017 at 7:00 am
- In-person event
George Elliot Clarke: currently the Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate, George Elliot Clarke’s work largely explores and chronicles the experience and history of Black Canadian communities of NS and NB, creating a cultural geography that Clarke refers to as “Africadia” (source: Wikipedia).
Poetry Reading and Performance
Wednesday, March 8th, 7:30 PM
This will be a performative event at the Great Canadian Theatre Company, 1233 Wellington Street West).
Lecture
Thursday, March 9th, 2:30-4:00 PM
“From ‘Coloured’ and ‘Negro’ and ‘Black’ to ‘Africadian’ and ‘Afro-Metis’: The Black-Ink Odyssey of George Elliott Clarke.”
Where: Dunton Tower 2017, Carleton University
Co-hosted by the Dept. of English.
