James Baldwin was an American writer and activist born in Harlem
August 2, 1924. As a writer, he ganered acclaim accrossvarious
mediums, including essays, novels, plays and poems.
Black Canon, like a shot across the bow, is a literally show that showcases writers from the African diaspora, the beauty and pain in their work, their struggles,, in a tentative to bring African literature back to America and restore a glory lost due to centuries of migrations.