Lawrence hill(1957)

 • 2013Massey LecturesBlood: The Stuff of Life,

• his 2007 novel The Book of Negroes and his derives from a historical document of the same name kept by British naval officers at the tail end of the American Revolutionary War. It documents the 3,000 blacks who had served the King in the war and were fleeing Manhattan for Canada in 1783. Unless you were in The Book of Negroes, you couldn't escape to Canada. Aminata diallo- anglicised-meena dee – journey from west africa to usa- meets chekura – has a boy with him mamadu Tries to escape to canada- unable to do so- becomes an orator in britain

• 2001 memoir Black Berry, Sweet Juice: On Being Black and White in Canada.