List of Black Canadian writers explained

This is a list of Black Canadian writers.

A

• Elamin Abdelmahmoud, Sudanese-Canadian writer, culture and politics commentator^[1]
• Robert Adetuyi^[2]
• Randell Adjei^[3]
• André Alexis
• Mohamed Abdulkarim Ali
• Lillian Allen
• Archie Alleyne
• Kanika Ambrose
• Ricky Anderson
• Vincent Anioke^[4]
• Trey Anthony
• Brandon Ash-Mohammed
• Ryad Assani-Razaki
• Edem Awumey

B

• Cameron Bailey
• Mathis Bailey
• Andrea Bain
• Angèle Bassolé-Ouédraogo
• Jacqueline Beaugé-Rosier
• Carrie Best
• Bertrand Bickersteth
• Ngaire Blankenberg
• Shane Book
• Walter Borden
• George Boyd
• D. M. Bradford
• Lawrence Ytzhak Braithwaite
• Rella Braithwaite
• Dionne Brand
• Wendy Motion Brathwaite
• Jade Brooks
• Christene Browne
• Kim Brunhuber

C

• Cadence Weapon
• Celina Caesar-Chavannes
• Myriam J. A. Chancy
• David Chariandy
• Miryam Charles
• Ajahnis Charley
• Jillian Christmas
• Austin Clarke
• Cheril N. Clarke
• George Elliott Clarke
• Lisa Codrington
• Desmond Cole
• Lucretia Newman Coleman
• Wayde Compton
• Marilyn Cooke
• Afua Cooper
• Archie Crail
• Ayesha Curry

D

• D'bi.young anitafrika
• Adebe DeRango-Adem
• Orville Lloyd Douglas
• Alvin Duncan

E

• Amatoritsero Ede
• Esi Edugyan
• Francesca Ekwuyasi
• Gérard Étienne
• Karena Evans

F

• Anthony Q. Farrell
• Minister Faust
• Cheryl Foggo
• Cecil Foster
• Fil Fraser

G

• Lorena Gale
• Chantal Gibson
• Malcolm Gladwell
• Fitzroy Gordon
• Robert Joseph Greene
• Stanley G. Grizzle

H

• Brandon Hackett
• Wilson A. Head
• Anna Minerva Henderson
• Sasha Leigh Henry
• Josiah Henson
• Dan Hill
• Lawrence Hill
• Nadia Hohn
• Jennifer Holness
• Nalo Hopkinson

I

• Dionne Irving
• Richard Iton

J

• Jacky Jasper
• Aisha Sasha John
• Denham Jolly
• El Jones
• Clifton Joseph

K

• Aristote Kavungu
• Kaie Kellough
• Yejide Kilanko
• Chelene Knight
• Knowmadic
• Maka Kotto
• Odimumba Kwamdela

L

• Sonnet L'Abbé
• Dany Laferrière
• Didier Leclair
• Canisia Lubrin

M

• Ahdri Zhina Mandiela
• Yolanda T. Marshall
• Eternity Martis
• Valerie Mason-John
• Janice Lynn Mather
• Marie-Sœurette Mathieu
• Robyn Maynard
• Suzette Mayr
• Melchior Mbonimpa
• Tawiah M'carthy
• Berend McKenzie
• Katherine McKittrick
• Stella Meghie
• Nega Mezlekia
• Kim Katrin Milan
• Kagiso Lesego Molope
• Andrew Moodie
• Harrison Mooney
• Annmarie Morais
• Dwayne Morgan
• Rania El Mugammar
• Sheila Murray
• Mustafa the Poet
• Téa Mutonji

N

• Blaise Ndala
• Kathleen Newman-Bremang
• Cecily Nicholson

O

• David Nandi Odhiambo
• Charles Officer
• Juliane Okot Bitek
• Tolu Oloruntoba
• Cheluchi Onyemelukwe
• Chika Stacy Oriuwa
• Gabriel Osson

P

• Henri Pardo
• Amanda Parris
• Kayla Perrin
• Anthony Phelps
• M. NourbeSe Philip
• Ben Philippe
• Bilal Philips
• Carmine Pierre-Dufour
• Joseph Jomo Pierre
• C. L. Polk
• Harold H. Potter
• Althea Prince
• Garth Prince

R

• Zalika Reid-Benta
• Alix Renaud
• Jael Richardson
• Chris Robinson
• Charles Lightfoot Roman
• Denise Ryner

S

• Donna-Michelle St. Bernard
• Rodney Saint-Éloi
• Liselle Sambury
• Robert Edison Sandiford
• Mairuth Sarsfield
• Charles R. Saunders
• Jasmine Sealy
• Djanet Sears
• Olive Senior
• Mary Ann Shadd
• Makeda Silvera
• Malinda S. Smith
• Frances-Anne Solomon
• Corrine Sparks
• Chris Spence
• Elsie Suréna
• Sudz Sutherland

T

• Kai Thomas
• Maxine Tynes

U

• Louise Uwacu

V

• Clement Virgo

W

• Rinaldo Walcott
• Abraham Beverley Walker
• Fred Ward
• K'naan Warsame
• Bahia Watson
• Freddy Will
• Ian Williams
• Stephen Williams

Notes and References

1. News: Donaldson . Emily . 13 May 2022 . Review : Elamin Abdelmahmoud 'leads us to the poetry of Highway 401' in his memoir 'Son of Elsewhere' . 26 May 2022 . The Toronto Star . en-CA.
2. "Interview with Robert Adetuyi", Sudbury Star, January 24, 2007.
3. News: Randell Adjei is named Ontario's first Poet Laureate. Benzie. Robert. St. Catharines Standard. April 28, 2021.
4. https://www.cbc.ca/books/perfect-little-angels-by-vincent-anioke-1.7154745 "Perfect Little Angels by Vincent Anioke"