Decolonization, Social Movements and Performance in the Caribbean and Canada 1968-1988; and Reclaiming Justice: Memory and Memorialization of violence invite you to:

“After the Looking Glass: Blackspace and Emancipation” . A public lecture by Erna Brodber

October 25, 2019, 6:30-8:00 p.m.

George Ignatieff Theater, Trinity College, University of Toronto - 8 Hoskin Avenue

Jamaican writer and activist Erna Brodber is a major voice in Caribbean literature whose work addresses the history, memory and identity of the African Diaspora. Her novels include Nothing’s Mat (2014); Louisianna (1997); Myal (1988); and Jane and Louisa Will Soon Come Home (1980). She has also created blackspace, a place for performances, ceremonies of remembrance and “groundings” which aim to recovery lost histories and engage what she calls “the unfinished task of emancipation.”

**This Event is Free and Open to the Public**
 

For More Information:
Heather Evans (Coordinator) heevans@yorku.ca
www.decolonization.info.yorku.ca/