· In the new novel "Africaville," author Jeffrey Colvin tells the story of a dynamic black community in Halifax, Nova Scotia, that spans bltadwin.ruted Reading Time: 8 mins. Africaville by Jeffrey Colvin is a fictional, generational story that centers on the Sebolt and Platt families. Over the course of nearly pages, the author takes us on a journey of this black family and their struggles with race, gender and other societal issues/5(). In his debut novel, Colvin tracks three generations of an African Canadian family hailing from the fictional settlement of Woods Bluff in Nova Scotia, a dizzyingly diverse community founded in the 18th century by itinerant Americans, bold Africans, and rebellious Caribbean bltadwin.ru: Jeffrey Colvin.
Jeffrey Colvin's debut novel, Africaville (Amistad/HarperCollins) was awarded a Honor Fiction Prize by the Black Caucus of the American Library Association. Africaville has been featured in Publishers Weekly, NPR, WBAI, Vogue, the Boston Globe, the BBC, the CBC, The Globe and Mail, Lithub, and elsewhere. Listen to Africaville by Jeffrey Colvin with a free trial.\nListen to bestselling audiobooks on the web, iPad, iPhone and Android. A ferociously talented writer makes his stunning debut with this richly woven tapestry, set in a small Nova Scotia town settled by former slaves, that depicts several generations of one family bound together and. Influences Decem. Jeffrey Colvin: The wide-ranging influences that helped inspire Africaville. Africaville (HarperCollins, ) by Jeffrey Colvin (right). (Author photo: Nina Subin) Our series of guest posts by contemporary writers resumes today with a contribution by Jeffrey Colvin, whose debut novel Africaville arrives this week from the HarperCollins imprint Amistad Books.
Jeffrey Colvin’s debut novel, Africaville (Amistad/HarperCollins) was awarded a Honor Fiction Prize by the Black Caucus of the American Library Association. Africaville has been featured in Publishers Weekly, NPR, WBAI, Vogue, the Boston Globe, the BBC, the CBC, The Globe and Mail, Lithub, and elsewhere. Africaville by Jeffrey Colvin Starting in Halifax, Nova Scotia in , this family saga carries us to with the complexities of four generations living in Canada and the U.S. It is centered around a neighborhood eventually named Africaville. The entire story is about people being judged by where they live or lived and go to school. JEFFREY COLVIN. Hurston/Wright Legacy Award-winner. Author of. Africaville (Amistad,) A graduate of the US Naval Academy, JEFFREY COLVIN served in the US Marines, and has worked as an advertising analyst, congressional aide, and nonprofit manager before attending Columbia University, from which he received an MFA.
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