Review of Harvesting freedom: The life of a migrant worker in Canada by Gabriel Allahdua

Authors

  • Noura Nasser Concordia University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v10i3.656

Keywords:

migration, labour, seasonal agricultural worker program, memoir, Gabriel Allahdu

Abstract

The question of migration, land, labour, and food are intricately intertwined. In this book Harvesting Freedom: The Life of a Migrant Farmworker in Canada is a living narrative that recounts life in St. Lucia, and gradually reveals the enmeshed connections of slavery, colonialism, and racial capitalism manifested in Canada’s farm labour system. The book narrated by Gabriel Allahdua, a migrant farmworker becoming an incomparable migrant justice activist, is evocative of the power of critical research methodologies and knowledge production. Edward Dunsworth in his collaboration with Allahdua, brings to us, a first-hand account in a book format, all while setting up the stage and weaving a rich scholarship in the introduction. This is how decolonizing knowledge can look like in academia.

Early evening view of a field of grapevines, with hills and sunset in the distance.

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Published

2023-11-13

How to Cite

Nasser, N. (2023). Review of Harvesting freedom: The life of a migrant worker in Canada by Gabriel Allahdua. Canadian Food Studies La Revue Canadienne Des études Sur l’alimentation, 10(3), 136–138. https://doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v10i3.656

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 3 (2023): A window, a mountain, a scape

Section

Book/Art/Event Reviews

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