Afua Cooper

Dr. Afua Cooper is an award-winning historian, author, and poet. She is professor of Black studies in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Dalhousie University where she holds a Killam Research Chair. Afua has mobilized Black studies in Canada through her scholarly work, and artistic endeavours—this within the academy and beyond. She established the Black Studies program at Dalhousie, first as a minor, and later as part of the leadership team that launched the Bachelor of Arts in Black and African Diaspora Studies. This is the first such program in Canada. Dr. Cooper also founded the Black Canadian Studies Association. She was awarded the Royal Society of Canada’s J.B. Tyrrell Historical medal for her outstanding contribution to Canadian history. Afua is the Principal Investigator for A Black People’s History of Canada project.

Books by Afua Cooper

In the Light of Dawn

L' explosion d'Halifax

The Halifax Explosion

The Underground Railroad

Black Matters

Black Writers Matter

Dear Canada: Hoping for Home

Cher Journal : Terre d'accueil, terre d'espoir

The Hanging Of Angelique

My Name Is Phillis Wheatley

My Name Is Henry Bibb

Copper Woman

The Hanging Of Angelique

Hanging Of Angelique