These materials will be key to understanding how the future will shape and reshape the lives of Canadians of African descent. The search for their cultural past and that of their ancestors will be of great significance to their culturally vibrant future.

BOOKS - For use in the library
Encyclopedia of World Cultures edited by David Levinson
306.03 ENC 1995
This extensive encyclopedia can be used to gain a general understanding of a culture or to find information about a region of the world and the social, economic, and political forces that have shaped that culture.

The Historical Encyclopedia of World Slavery edited by Junius P. Rodriquez
306.36203 HIS 1997
Covers the history of slavery throughout Africa, the African diaspora, the Caribbean, and the United States.

Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life edited by Timothy L. Gall
305.8003 WOR 1998
Examines various cultures of the world including their folklore, religious rites of passage, living conditions, and family life.

BOOKS - To borrow
African Feminism : The Politics of Survival in Sub-Saharan Africa edited by Gwendolyn Mikell
305.42096 AFR 1997
Describes the difference between African feminism and Western feminism.

African Identities : Race, Nation and Culture in Ethnography, Pan-Africanism, and Black Literatures by Kadiatu Kanneh 1998
305. 896 KAN
This well-researched study explores the historical meanings generated by "Africa" and "Blackness."

Elusive Culture : Schooling, Race, and Identity in Global Times by Daniel A. Yon
306.43 YON 2000
This in-depth study based on interviews of minority students in a Toronto high school deconstructs racial identity within a Canadian school setting.

The End of Blackness : Returning the Souls of Black Folk to Their Rightful Owners by Debra J. Dickerson
305. 896 DIC 2004
Dickerson's polemic, inflammatory approach raises African American contemporary consciousness to impact progressive change.

Globalization and Survival in the Black Diaspora : The New Urban Challenge edited by Charles Green
305.896 GLO 2001
This volume draws attention to the plight of urban blacks in the contemporary world and links their situation across five key global regions.

A Place Called Heaven : The Meaning of Being Black in Canada by Cecil Foster
305.89607 FOS 1996
Hard-hitting, controversial and well researched, Foster lifts the thin veil of racism against blacks in Canada.

Rude : Contemporary Black Canadian Cultural Criticism edited by Rinaldo Walcott
305.89607 RUD 2000
Various authors discuss the significant and complex nature of black identity within Canadian nationhood.

For further books, check the library's catalogue under the following subject headings:

• African Americans
• Blacks-Canada
• Blacks-Canada-History

VIDEOS/DVDS/CD-ROMS
Older, Stronger, Wiser
BIOG 305.48 OLD [Videorecording]
The film focuses on portraits of five rural and urban black women who speak compellingly of what life was like for them in Canada in the 1920s, 30s, 40s, and 50s.

Zandile in the Light of Ubuntu
305.80096 ZAN 1997 [Videorecording]
"Ubuntu" describes the need to exist through the "spirit of others." Zandile, a South African woman, uses ubuntu to help her community in Durban, South Africa

PERIODICALS

• Canadian Ethnic Studies
• The Canadian Journal of Sociology
• The Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology

ARTICLES
Fernandez, Melanie. (2003, February 15). Black history doesn't end on Feb. 28. Toronto Star, p. E06
Black History Month highlights the need for change in the African Canadian community throughout the year. Public institutions, educational facilities, and cultural leaders are urged to take leadership of this issue.

Li, Peter S (August 2000). "Earning disparities between immigrants and native-born Canadians." The Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology, 37.3, 289-311.
Reveals that immigrants earned less than their Canadian counterparts. Gender and racial origin were contributing factors.

Peake, Linda; Ray, Brian, Kerry (2001). Racializing the Canadian landscape : whiteness, uneven geographies and social justice. Canadian Geographer, 45, 180-187. Retrieved May 26, 2005, from E-Library database.
Racism and the urban geographies of racial concentration in the key Canadian cities of Toronto and Vancouver are explored.

For further articles, check the following periodical indexes on Library computer workstations:

• CPI.Q (Canadian Periodicals)
• E-STAT
• EBSCOHost
• Electric Library
• Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
• Virtual News Library

INTERNET SITES
Canadian Black Heritage in the Third Millennium
http://www.blackpgs.com/
Showcases an extensive array of information related to the African diaspora (mostly American based). Includes links to Canadian, Caribbean, and African organizations. Includes Full-text articles.

JOURNALS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB
A number of research organizations and educational institutions have made their journals available on the Web.

The Journal of Pan-African Wisdom
http://peel.cioc.ca/details.asp?RSN=11854&Number=14
A not-for-profit, charitable community based settlement service agency whose mandate is to assist African Canadian newcomers in their settlement process by providing them with information, support, and services necessary for healthy integration into Canadian society.

LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS
African Community Services of Peel
http://peel.cioc.ca/details.asp?RSN=11854&Number=14
20 Nelson St W, Suite LL102
Brampton, ON L6X 2M5
905-460-9514
Contact person: Zahra Salhan
A not-for-profit, charitable community based settlement service agency whose mandate is to assist African Canadian newcomers in their settlement process by providing them with information, support, and services necessary for healthy integration into Canadian society.