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Posted in adult adoptees, african canadian, black Canadian adoptee, black adoptees, transracial adoptees on July 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Experimental film by black adoptee
Posted in Adoption, Dana Inkster, adoptees, adult adoptees, black Canadian adoptee, black adoptees, film, identity, transracial adoption on October 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Art of Autobiography: Redux 1
Canada 2006, 5 min, Dir: Dana C. Inkster
Watch it on YouTube!
Although this film is not new, I wanted to highlight it here. Metro Cinema describes the film:
This experimental video treatise is based on the documentary directed by Dana Inkster, The Art of Autobiography (2003). This documentary [...]
Back to Africa
Posted in Adoption, Africa, Jackie Kay, adoptees, black Canadian adoptee, diaspora, identity on October 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
“My hair’s gone right back to Africa.”
An old friend told me this saying when I was in junior high. She was letting me in, of course, on what some black women say when their straightened hair reverts “back” to curls or afro in wet or humid weather (a common problem in my part of the [...]
who am I?
Posted in black Canadian adoptee, black adoptees, identity, transracial adoption on October 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
If I really knew who I was, I probably would not start this blog. I envy all those people out there with a strong sense of self. I am not one of them. I tend to think that not knowing who I am is because I am adopted. I don’t blame all my personality quirks [...]
