{"product_id":"black-passport-a-migrants-memoir-paperback","title":"Black Passport: A Migrant's Memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul Akpomuje\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Black Passport, Paul Akpomuje takes us through a journey of black African migration in Canada, tracing the complexities of identity, the possibilities of fugitivity, the weight of home, and the ways borders, paperwork, and diasporic placemaking shape and are shaped by belonging.This collection is an archive of radical remembering, bringing into view the everyday textures of space, movement, and memory as experienced by black African migrants navigating immigration offices, airports, cities, and classrooms. In this debut collection, Akpomuje stands out in his portrayal of hope, dreams, resilience, and the enduring possibility of survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul Akpomuje is the co-convener of several community poetry events, including The Poetics of Migration, which brings poetry into dialogue with community stories to explore displacement, belonging, and the burdens of travelling while black. His work has appeared in multiple anthologies, including the 2025 volume I?ll Get Right On It (Fernwood Publishing), and has been featured at art festivals such as ArtFest Kingston 2025. He is the first recipient of the International Ontario Graduate Scholarship in the Faculty of Education at Queen's University, where he researches the visa stories of Nigerian immigrants in Canada. Before migrating to Canada, he taught at Obafemi Awolowo University in Nigeria. He currently lives in Kingston, Ontario.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 76\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 20, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64063722455389,"sku":"9781069803405","price":38.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1025\/5558\/2813\/files\/HuzkqtUVa19781069803405.webp?v=1775098253","url":"https:\/\/novellybooks.com\/products\/black-passport-a-migrants-memoir-paperback","provider":"Novelly Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}