DisPlace

several poems address petroculture (environmental activism) and Afropolitanism (citzens’ experience of being African, continent-wide and multi-racial), themes of social protest, human tragedy and mortality Otiono’s poetry, with its connection to Nigeria and the African continent rather than the Caribbean, adds a new dimension to black literature in Canada. It connects more directly with an almost forgotten heritage that includes African Canadian writers like Arthur Nortje will appeal to readers who wish to diversify their texts, similar to The Black Prairie Archives, which has found wide readership beyond academia