Your Story Will Forever Float as Memory: Afrodiasporic Cultural Production and Activism in Black Canada

Abstract

ABSTRACT The narratives presented in this article speak to the lived experiences of an Afrodiasporic activist: an educator and spoken word poet named Efe. Efe mobilized his talents to support racialized youths as they navigated the complex and often difficult social context of Toronto, Canada. Efe also used his cultural production to speak to his own personal frustrations with being a Black man within Canada. These narratives are important because they counter the hegemonic way Canada is depicted as a welcoming “multicultural” country, consequently denying the racist and problematic methods that have been historically used when dealing with indigenous and Black communities and individuals.