International Women’s Day Lecture – Afua Cooper

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Title: “Chloe Cooley: Enslavement in Ontario, Settler Colonialism, Objectification, and Resistance.”

Afua Cooper is an award-winning scholar, artist and activist whose research on slavery, abolition, freedom, Black education, and women studies across Canada has made her a leading figure in African Canadian studies. Her book, The Hanging of Angelique: The Untold Story of Slavery in Canada and the Burning of Old Montreal broke new ground in the study of Canadian and Atlantic slavery. Angelique was nominated for a Governor-General’s award and named by the CBC as one of the best books published in Canada. A recognized poet, spoken word artist, and wordsmaestra, Dr. Cooper has published six books of poetry and served as Halifax’s 7^th Poet Laureate. Winner of the Portia White Prize for her contributions to the cultural arts in Nova Scotia, Dr. Cooper currently teaches in the History Department, Dalhousie University, with cross-appointments in Sociology and Social Anthropology and Gender and Women’s Studies.