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Wisdom Prompts

A seed by: Zainab Amadahy
Project: Main Pool
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Zainab Amadahy is an author of screenplays, nonfiction and futurist fiction. The most notable of her academic writings is “Indigenous Peoples and Black Peoples in Canada: Settlers or Allies” (co-authored with Dr. Bonita Lawrence, Mi’kmaq). Zainab currently sits on the Advisory Council of Muskrat Magazine, where many of her writings appear. Of mixed heritage (African American, Tsalagi and Seminole), Zainab lives in Nogojiwanong, Ontario, Canada and has authored works of fiction and nonfiction. Now semi-retired, she has worked in community arts, nonprofit housing, Indigenous knowledge reclamation, women’s services and migrant settlement. For more on Zainab and to access to some of her writings check out swallowsongs.com.

Disciplines:

Literature
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For Larissa: What role does trauma play in the origins and maintenance of racism? Does healing trauma have implications for eliminating racism?

Zainab and Larissa will write collaboration Seeds in response to each other once per month for 6 months.

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