Radical Black Imagination (canadian style)

Hi Folks,

I have just found an amazing lecture by the great black nova scotian poet,
George Elliot Clark. It is the 2006 LaFontaine Baldwin symposium lecture
series titled "The City of Justice". With references to Foucault, Emile
Durkeim and others, Clark eloquently,humorously and poetically address
inequality, injustice, colonialism, fear of the other, absurdness of the
Canadian identity, and the inherent inequalities and imperialism in the design
and construction (social, political, and physical) Canadian cities that are
structured on class lines. He also address the black and aboriginal situation
in Canada, which is the theme of this evenings events by us, Robin Cavanah etc.
Appropriate? i think so! He does this through dreaming, humor, and poetry. He
also has one of the coolest voices I have ever heard.

here are some George Elliot Clark links:

http://www.uwo.ca/english/canadianpoetry/cpjrn/vol16/lane.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Elliott_Clarke


I will bring a CD of the lecture to school today so that people can borrow it.

cheers,

Scott McCormack