George Elliott Clarke is part of The Afro-Métis Nation. Their CD release is on April 27, 2019

The Afro-Métis Nation presents a concert celebrating the release of 'Constitution', an album of songs celebrating the struggles and contributions of Canadians with mixed Black and Indigenous ancestry.

Saturday, April 27
8:00 p.m.
Doors open at 7:30 p.m.

Halifax Central Library
Paul O’Regan Hall
5440 Spring Garden Road

Featuring George Elliott Clarke, Sugar Plum Croxen, Shelley Hamilton, Russ Kelley and Chris White (nephew of Portia White)
with special guest Karen Ashton.


Free admission. Donations gratefully accepted.
Website: afrometis.ca
This concert will be filmed by Rule of Three Productions as part of a documentary about The Afro-Métis Nation.

George Elliott Clarke Reads Dalhousie University Bicentennial Epic Poem December 6

 George Elliott Clarke (right) and musician Tim Crofts (left). Photo: Dalhousie University.

George Elliott Clarke will read his epic poem written for Dalhousie University’s bicentennial on Thursday, December 6. He will be accompanied by pianist Tim Crofts.

A former Talent Trust scholarship recipient, Clarke was born near the Black Loyalist community of Windsor Plains, Nova Scotia, and grew up in Halifax. 

He holds an Honours B.A. in English from the University of Waterloo, an M.A. in English from Dalhousie University, and a Ph.D. in English from Queen's University. 

He is the inaugural E.J. Pratt Professor of Canadian Literature at the University of Toronto. 

In 1998, Clarke was the first recipient of the Nova Scotia Arts Council Portia White Prize. In 2001, he won the Governor General's Award for Poetry for his collection Execution Poems, published by the Gaspereau Press. 

George Elliott Clarke was Canada’s 2016-17 Parliamentary Poet Laureate.

To Tell Dalhousie’s Story: 
Speak a Poem Insurgent / Sound a Piano Insolent!

Thursday, December 6, 2018 
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Dalhousie Art Gallery
6101 University Avenue
Halifax, Nova Scotia

Admission is free; all are welcome.

The 65th Annual Student, Staff, Faculty, and Alumni Exhibition follows at 4:00 p.m., which includes Talent Trust scholarship recipient Alice MacLean.

For more information on the poetry reading, visit the event page on Dalhousie University's website.

George Elliott Clarke and friends recorded CD in Halifax

l-r: George Elliott Clarke and Chris White

It was a pleasure for the Talent Trust to be at the concert of Afro-Metis Nation. Thank you Juanita Peters for the invitation.

Afro-Metis Nation celebrates their African Nova Scotian and Metis heritage through music and words. 

Former scholarship recipient George Elliott Clarke impressed with his poems and singing voice. 

We also finally met Chris White, nephew of Portia White. Chris and his family have donated Portia White CDs to the Talent Trust to help fund the annual Portia White Award given out by the Talent Trust. 

If you like to read more about the concert by CBC's Shaina Lee please go to http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/afro-metis-indigenous-1.4541508