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Article: Eyeing The North Star: Directions in African-Canadian literature.(Book review)
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- June 22, 2009
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Eyeing The North Star: Directions in African-Canadian literature. (McClelland & Stewart Inc), is about Diaspora and identity and leaves a hazy view of Black Canadian literature. George Elliott Clarke., an African-Canadian assistant Professor of English and Canadian Studies at Duke University, perceives African-Canadian literature as a network of multicultural language patterns, forms and images. "African-Canadian literature is a patch work quilt of voices. Its creators are, like their forebears, exiles, refugees, fugitives, pilgrims, migrants, and natives." I agree. Eyeing The North Star: Directions In Black Canadian Literature is Dr. Clarke's latest offering from some of ...