Afua cooper biography of william

          Afua (Ava Pamela) Cooper, educator, historian, performance artist, poet (born 8 November in the Whithorn district of Westmoreland, Jamaica).

        1. Afua (Ava Pamela) Cooper, educator, historian, performance artist, poet (born 8 November in the Whithorn district of Westmoreland, Jamaica).
        2. Poet, historian, educator.
        3. Afua Ava Pamela Cooper ONS (born 8 November ) is a Jamaican-born Canadian historian.
        4. Afua [Ava Pamela] Cooper was born on November 8, , in the Whithorn district of Westmoreland, Jamaica, one of nine children-- five sisters and three.
        5. Dr.

          6. Afua Ava Pamela Cooper ONS (born 8 November ) is a Jamaican-born Canadian historian.!

          Afua Cooper

          Jamaican-born Canadian historian

          Afua Cooper

          Born (1957-11-08) November 8, 1957 (age 67)

          Westmoreland, Jamaica

          Occupation(s)Historian, author, dub poet
          AwardsPortia White Prize (2020)
          Alma materUniversity of Toronto
          Thesis"Doing Battle in Freedom's Cause": Henry Bibb, Abolitionism, Race Uplift, and Black Manhood, 1842-1854 (May 2001)
          Doctoral advisorFranca Iacovetta
          Other advisorsRuth Roach Pierson, Ian Radforth, Alison Prentice, and Richard Blackett

          Afua Ava Pamela CooperONS (born 8 November 1957)[1] is a Jamaican-born Canadianhistorian.

          As a historian, "she has taught Caribbean cultural studies, history, women's studies and Black studies at Ryerson and York universities, at the University of Toronto and at Dalhousie University."[1] She is also an author and dub poet[2][3] who, as of 2018, has published five volumes of poetry.[4]

          Personal life and educ