Demeter Press

presents a book launch of

Anansesem: Telling Stories and Storytelling African Maternal Pedagogies by Dr. Adwoa Onuora

You are invited to participate in the launch of this ground breaking book that vividly and accurately captures the composite stories of African Canadian, working-class women who teach and learn through the experience of mothering.

The use of stories to communicate joy, pain, triumph, resistance, encouragement and a vision of a better tomorrow has been a faithful companion to oppressed peoples. These African Canadian mothers have certainly embraced this time-honoured tradition to speak their special truths to the world.

Dr. Onuora has skilfully and humourously used the narratives of her co-participants to highlight how Through the Afro-indigenous art of Anancy storytelling, memoir, creative non-fiction and illustrations African descended women draw upon and are central to African childrens cultural, social and identity development.

WHEN: Friday, September 18, 2015; 7:00 9:00pm

WHERE: A Different Booklist, 746 Bathurst Street, Toronto 1 block south of Bloor Street West

Come out to listen as the author reads from this book and shares with us the reasons behind the creation of this work that reflects the experiences and perspectives of multiple women.

Bring along a friend because this moment should be experienced with someone close to you.

RSVP to angiedeveau@gmail.com by September 11, 2015

Praises for Anansesem

Anansesem reiterates what sister/sistah/granny/aunty/uncle/father/brother/ community Mothers of African-descendant children have been doing: it extrapolates the knowing and doing of our ancestorsfree or oppressed, who used art forms as cultural instruction for thriving.

-Joan Grant Cummings, former president of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women, gender and development consultant and activist.

Readers put your hands together for Adwoa Onuoras book which shines the spotlight on those Knowledge Creators who are seldom in the light: Mothers, Afro-origin mothers; the Village it takes to raise a child; Storytellers and Artists. Adwoas book is Soul-affirming and Fun.

-Rita Shelton Deverell, theatre artist, media producer, co-founder of Vision TV, and Adjunct Professor of Womens Studies at Mount Saint Vincent University

Adwoa Ntozake Onuora is a Lecturer at the University of the West Indies, Mona campus, Kingston, Jamaica. Dr. Onuora earned her doctorate from the University of Toronto.