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# Afua Cooper

(1957)   Historian

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Afua Cooper is a historian.

## Quick Facts About Afua Cooper

Born November 8, 1957

Profession Historian

## About Afua Cooper

Jamaican-born Canadian multidisciplinary scholar, artist, and academic (born 1957)... \| Afua Ava Pamela Cooper is a Jamaican-born Canadian historian. As a historian, "she has taught Caribbean cultural studies, history, women's studies and Black studies at Ryerson and York universities, at the University of Toronto and at Dalhousie University." She is also an author and dub poet who, as

##  Quotes by Afua Cooper

> [Lawrence Hill, a cultural and spiritual descendant of West African griots, has used his vast storytelling talents to create an epic story…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/afua-cooper/lawrence-hill-a-cultural-and-spiritual-descendant-of-west-african/)

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                        "text": "Lawrence Hill, a cultural and spiritual descendant of West African griots, has used his vast storytelling talents to create an epic story that spans three continents. The Book of Negroes recites the pain, misery and liberation of one African woman, Aminata Diallo, who was stolen from her homeland and sold into American slavery. Through Aminata, Hill narrates the terrifying story of slavery and puts at the centre a female experience of the African Diaspora. I wept upon reading this story. The Book of Negroes is courageous, breathtaking, simply brilliant.",
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