L' Explosion d'Halifax

Dr. Afua Cooper is a distinguished poet, author, researcher, and historian, celebrated for her contributions to various literary genres, including poetry and children's literature. A founding member of the Toronto Dub Poets Collective, she has received numerous accolades, such as the Portia White Prize and the J.M. Abraham Atlantic Poetry Prize. As a professor at Dalhousie University, she leads research on Black Canadian history. Rebecca Bender, an award-winning author-illustrator, honors the victims of the Halifax Explosion in her illustrated work, aiming to shed light on overlooked individuals from this national tragedy.