Cooper, Afua: - Afua Cooper is a leading scholar of the African diaspora in Canada.
Essence has listed Cooper as one of the twenty-five notable international women who have put themselves on the line to change the world..
She is a celebrated dub poet, whose work is available in print and audio.
Cooper taught hiStory and Canadian studies at the University of Toronto and Caribbean studies at Ryerson University.
She has also curated three exhibits on black Canadian history.
Her many publications include the coauthored collection We\'re Rooted Here and They Can\'t Pull Us Up , which won the Joseph Brant HiStory Prize.
Cooper, Afua: - Afua Cooper is a leading scholar of the African diaspora in Canada