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"I don't think at this point I can write a fairy tale or write from the point of view of the majority. I still must write from the point of view of the outsider." -- Makeda Silvera

Makeda co-founded (with Stephanie Martin) Sister Vision: Black Women and Women of Colour Press in 1985, the first press for women of colour in Canada, where she works as managing editor.

Silvera is a writer, scholar, editor, community activist, and mother.

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She was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and immigrated to Toronto, Canada in 1967. Silvera has been at the forefront of developing and publishing writing by women of color for over 12 years. She is the editor of Piece of My Heart, an anthology of writings by lesbians of colour. Her own books include Silenced, a collection of oral histories of Caribbean domestic workers in Canada; Growing Up Black, a Makeda Silvera (1955 - ) · The ArQuives Digital Exhibitions PUH