Join us for this panel discussion on Afrofuturism with Dr. Asha Jeffers of King’s and Dr. Isaac Saney of Dalhousie. Kewoba Carter of Dal’s International Centre will moderate.
This is event is presented by the Dalhousie Libraries in support of this year’s Dal Reads book, Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson. Set in the near future in a dystopic Toronto, Brown Girl in the Ring contains themes of folklore, feminism, and magic realism steeped in Afro-Caribbean culture.
Monday, March 18, 7 p.m. 
Rowe Building, Room 3089, 6100 University Ave.
This is event is presented by the Dalhousie Libraries in support of this year’s Dal Reads book, Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson. Set in the near future in a dystopic Toronto, Brown Girl in the Ring contains themes of folklore, feminism, and magic realism steeped in Afro-Caribbean culture.
About the panelists and moderator:
Dr. Asha Jeffers:
Dr. Jeffers is a Faculty Fellow at University of King’s College. She has a PhD in English literature from York University. Her research focused on literature about the children of immigrants — the second generation — across national and ethnic lines. She’s particularly
interested in myths of the past and myths of the future.
Dr. Isaac Saney:
Dr. Saney is Director of Dalhousie’s Transition Year Program, established to redress educational barriers and injustices facing the Mi’kmaq Nation, other First Nations, and African Nova Scotians. His teaching and scholarship encompasses Africa, the Caribbean, the US Civil Rights Movement, Cuba, and Black Nova Scotian history. He is a community activist and participant in the anti-war movement and the anti-racist struggle, with roots in the Black Nova Scotian community and the Caribbean.
Kewoba Carter:
Kewoba is an International Student Advisor & Co-ordinator in Dalhousie’s International Centre. Originally from the island of Dominica, she taught secondary school English Caribbean Literature for two years. She then moved to Canada and graduated from Dalhousie with a Bachelor of Arts Combined Honours in International Development Studies and English.