Author Kamilah Haywood // Articles & Resources in support of Book Themes
The following lists feature Canadian news articles and reports based on the themes and concepts found in the four novels of Toronto author Kamilah Haywood (aka Kwoodz): Diamond in the Rough Concrete Jungle Diamond in the Rough: Part Two The Hidden Track Kwoodz—a queer, Black, Canadian fiction author of Jamaican heritage—writes books depicting the unfiltered, authentic, and occasionally dark side of Toronto life. Through raw details and intimate narratives, they have captured issues from female incarceration to sex trafficking, relationships, coming of age, and spirituality through their intensely gripping novels. 02/02/2022 // NOW TORONTO // Op-ed: The pandemic sentences prisoners to endless COVID lockdown 03/20/2021 // GLOBAL NEWS // ‘Folks are dying’: Community rallies for depopulation of Ontario jails after COVID-19 outbreaks 02/22/2022 // GOVERNMENT OF ONTARIO // Ontario Marks Human Trafficking Awareness Day 02/16/2022 // QUINTE NEWS // Human trafficking awa...