Pourin’ Down Rain: A Black Woman Claims Her Place in the Canadian West
Written by Cheryl Foggo
Narrated by Karen Robinson
()
About this audiobook
The 30th anniversary edition of Cheryl Foggo’s landmark work about growing up Black on the Canadian prairies
Cheryl Foggo came of age during the 1960's in Calgary, a time when a Black family walking down the street still drew stares from everyone they passed. During her childhood, a community of extended family and friends, with roots in the Black migration of 1910 across the western provinces, worked together to provide intervals of respite from racism. But as an adolescent, Cheryl struggled to understand the negative attitudes towards Blackness she and her family encountered, and how she was made to feel an outsider in the only place she ever knew as home. As she explores her ancestry, what comes to light gives her the confidence to claim her rightful place in the Canadian west as a proud Black woman. This beautiful, moving work celebrates the Black experience and Black resiliency on the prairies.
Bespeak Audio Editions brings Canadian voices to the world with audiobook editions of some of the country’s greatest works of literature, performed by Canadian actors.
Related to Pourin’ Down Rain
Related audiobooks
Unbought and Unbossed Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Don't Play in the Sun: One Woman's Journey Through the Color Complex Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5March Forward, Girl: From Young Warrior to Little Rock Nine Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLight and Legacies: Stories of Black Girlhood and Liberation Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRole Models: The Icon Black Lives Matter Series Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBertha Maxwell-Roddey: A Modern-Day Race Woman and the Power of Black Leadership Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHistorically Black Colleges and Universities’ Guide to Excellence Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFor Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5We Rise: Speeches by Inspirational Black Women Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Unbossed: How Black Girls Are Leading the Way Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Kevin Powell Reader: Essential Writings and Conversations Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsI Wish I Could: Younger & Older Women Trailblazers in Black American History Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5In Search of a Beautiful Freedom: New and Selected Essays Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Book of Awesome Black Women: Sheroes, Boundary Breakers, and Females Who Changed the World Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsStanding Our Ground: The Triumph of Faith Over Gun Violence: A Mother's Story Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5My People: Five Decades of Writing About Black Lives Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMy Mother. Barack Obama. Donald Trump. And the Last Stand of the Angry White Man. Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5My Time With The Kings: A Reporter's Recollections of Martin, Coretta and the Civil Rights Movement Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Black Women and Public Health: Strategies to Name, Locate, and Change Systems of Power Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWhen A Black Woman Looks Like This.....Something Is Wrong: How Black Women Cope with Domestic Violence Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Lessons of Ubuntu: How an African Philosophy Can Inspire Racial Healing in America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Black Lives Matter at School: An Uprising for Educational Justice Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Accountable: Making America As Good As Its Promise Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Reclaiming Her Time: The Power of Maxine Waters Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Civil Rights Activist John Hope Franklin Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsArticulate: Our Words Shape Our World Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Breath, Eyes, Memory Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Dreamkeepers: Successful Teachers of African American Children, 3rd Edition Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Cultural, Ethnic & Regional Biographies For You
Trejo: My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Adversity for Sale: Ya Gotta Believe Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5How to Say Babylon: A Memoir Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Just as I Am: A Memoir Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Stories We Tell: Every Piece of Your Story Matters Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of “Latino” Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Unprotected: A Memoir Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Happiest Man on Earth: The Beautiful Life of an Auschwitz Survivor Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Exotic Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Making a Scene Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Heavy: An American Memoir Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Pulling the Chariot of the Sun: A Memoir of a Kidnapping Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Creep: Accusations and Confessions Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Somebody's Daughter: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Living Remedy: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Invisible Generals: Rediscovering Family Legacy, and a Quest to Honor America's First Black Generals Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row (Oprah's Book Club Summer 2018 Selection) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Marriage Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Black Boy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5You Got Anything Stronger?: Stories Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Up From Slavery Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Medgar and Myrlie: Medgar Evers and the Love Story that Awakened America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related categories
Reviews for Pourin’ Down Rain
0 ratings0 reviews