Resources ‘Your Silence Will Not Protect You’, Audre Lorde

‘Your Silence Will Not Protect You’, Audre Lorde

14th September 2022|Book

“Audre Lorde was an African-American writer, womanist, radical feminist, professor, and civil rights activist. She was a self-described “black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet,” who “dedicated both her life and her creative talent to confronting and addressing injustices of racism, sexism, classism, and homophobia.” (source: Wikipedia)

“Your Silence Will Not Protect You is a 2017 posthumous collection of essays, speeches, and poems by African American author and poet Audre Lorde. It is the first time a British publisher collected Lorde’s work into one volume. The collection focuses on key themes such as: shifting language into action, silence as a form of violence, and the importance of history. Lorde describes herself as a “Black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet”, and addresses the difficulties in communication between Black and white women.” (source: Wikipedia)

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