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SUMMARY:Poetry Reading and Performance, George Elliot Clarke
DESCRIPTION: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.
LOCATION:Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Dr, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6
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