Afua Cooper

Quick Facts

Full Name	Afua Cooper
Occupation	Historian
Date Of Birth	Nov 8, 1957(1957-11-08)
Age	67
Birthplace	Westmoreland Parish
Country	Canada
Horoscope	Capricorn

Afua Cooper Biography

Afua Cooper is one of the most popular and richest Historian who was born on November 8, 1957 in Westmoreland Parish, Canada. Afua Cooper (born 8 November 1957) is a Jamaican-born Canadian historian. In 2018 she is an associate professor of sociology at Dalhousie University. She is an author and dub poet. As of 2018 she has published five volumes of poetry. https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/afua-cooper

Red Caterpillar On College Street (Sister Vision Press, 1989)

We’re Rooted Here and They Can’t Pull Us Up: Essays in African Canadian Women’s History, with Peggy Bristow, Dionne Brand, Linda Carty, Sylvia Hamilton and Adrienne Shadd (University of Toronto Press, 1994)

Cooper has published four books of poetry, including Memories Have Tongue (1994), one of the finalists in the 1992 Casa de las Americas literary award. She is the co-author of We’re Rooted Here and They Can’t Pull Us Up: Essays in African Canadian Women’s History (1994), which won the Joseph Brant Award for history. She has also released two albums of her poetry.

Your Silence Will Not Protect You (Maya Music, 1986)

Afua Cooper Net Worth

Afua Cooper is one of the richest Historian from Canada. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Afua Cooper 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Born in Westmoreland, Jamaica, Cooper grew up in Kingston, Jamaica, and migrated to Toronto in 1980. She studied history at the University of Toronto, where she earned a PhD in African-Canadian history with specialties in slavery and abolition. Her dissertation, “Doing Battle in Freedom’s Cause”, is a biographical study of Henry Bibb, a 19th-century African-American abolitionist who lived and worked in Ontario.

WomanTalk: Women Dub Poets (Heartbeat Records, 1984)

Memories Have Tongue: Poetry (Sister Vision Press, 1992)

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Her book The Hanging of Angelique (2006) tells the story of an enslaved African Marie-Joseph Angelique who was executed in Montreal at a time when Quebec was under French colonial rule. It was shortlisted for the 2006 Governor General’s Literary Award for non-fiction.

Facts & Trivia

Afua Ranked on the list of most popular Historian. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Canada. Afua Cooper celebrates birthday on November 8 of every year.

My Name is Henry Bibb: A Story of Slavery and Freedom [historical fiction] (Kids Can Press, 2009)

What did Afua Cooper do for Canada?

Cooper is a founding member of the Toronto Dub Poets’ Collective (2002), which is the only grassroots poetry organization in Canada. In 1993, she was central in organizing the first International Dub Poetry Festival and Conference held in Toronto, which brought together over 87 dub poets from around the world.

Who is Afua Cooper?

Dr. Afua Cooper is a multidisciplinary scholar and artist. Her twelve books range across such genres as history, poetry, fiction, and children’s literature. Dr. Cooper served as the Poet Laureate of Halifax Regional Municipality for the term 2018-2020.

Is Afua Cooper married?

In 1991 she married Alpha Diallo , with whom she has two daughters, Lamarana and Habiba. After graduation Cooper intended to write a PhD thesis on women and Islam in Sierra Leone, but the civil war prevented her from studying there and she switched to studying Canadian history. Dr.

Who invented dub poetry?

The term “Dub Poetry” was coined by Dub artist Linton Kwesi Johnson in 1976, and further popularized by artist Oku Onoura, which consists of spoken word over reggae rhythms, originally found on the backing or “version” side of a 12 or 6 inch vinyl record.

What is Afua Cooper doing now?

Afua Cooper (born 8 November 1957) is a Jamaican-born Canadian historian. In 2018 she is an associate professor of sociology at Dalhousie University.