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Black Canadian1 feminist thought has been conceptualized as a theoretical framework that illustrates the historical, social, political, cultural, and economic experiences of Black Canadian women (Wane, 2002, 2007). According to Brand (1999), theorizing on Black women’s lives provides the basis that informs feminism relevant to Black women in Canada (p. 85). Feminism raises and analyses issues of gendered and racialized women in Canada. However, while scholarship in the US has addressed the experiences, agency and historical challenges faced by African American women (see Hill Collins, 1992) the Canadian context has for too long gone without a comprehensive and formal research based-analysis of Black feminism in Canada.
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Wane, N. (2013). Uncovering the Well. In: Wane, N., Jagire, J., Murad, Z. (eds) Ruptures. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-446-8_1
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