Books by Nigerian Canadian poet and writer, Titilope Sonuga
Titilope Sonuga’s collection depicts, with daring grace, the often brutal and fevered journey from girlhood to womanhood. Opening with the Chibok school kidnappings in her native Nigeria, Sonuga’s poetry employs itself as a cartographer of survival, mapping out the true lineage of resilience and joy—the defiant matriarchs of her bloodline, “blooming on barren land.” - Rachel Mckibbens.
The Black Prairie Archives: An Anthology was an illuminating, affirming, enraging, revelatory, exciting, and daunting read. This 580-page anthology serves as a mere introduction to the myriad of Black lives in the Prairies. We are here. We have been here. We have histories here. We have futures here. This book is a portal. An opening to the many more stories to be told from our past, our present, and our future. - Safia Siad, C Magazine (147)
The Great Black North stands strong because it gives a voice to a group of people who have been previously silenced, making it an essential contribution to the black Canadian poetry canon. - Safa Jinje