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Austin Clarke and Canada’s Black Lives Matter Movement

Austin Clarke, the Barbadian-Canadian writer, died at age 81 on June 26. Clarke was one of Canada’s leading literary figures

This is a guest post by Peter Cole, a historian of the twentieth-century United States, South Africa and comparative history.

“We have a duty to fight for our freedom. We have a duty to win.” – Assata Shakur Watching the

“Don’t you see no connection between atom-bomb-dropping in Japan and shin-kicking in Virginia?” asked Simple. “No direct connection,” I said.

*This is the first of a new blog series on Women, Gender and Pan-Africanism edited by blogger Keisha N. Blain.