![]() Descendant of African nations, Coharie, Choctaw and Eastern Band Cherokee and Europeans, Shonda lives and writes in Los Angeles on Tongva and Chumash lands. Shonda is also the newest fiction faculty member in Alma College’s MFA Program. Michigan Historical Review, Volume 46, Number 1, Spring 2020, pp. Pushcart Prize nominee, Oxfam Ambassador, USC Los Angeles Institute for the Humanities Fellow and City of Los Angeles (COLA) Department of Cultural Affairs Master Artist Fellow, Shonda is the author of five books, including Black Indian. Black Indian by Shonda Buchanan (review). The often said you know we got some Indian in us from her childhood became real when she discovered she was 11th Generation Coharie and Cherokee. ![]() Unlike these other great works, Black Indian is an inspiring work of non-fiction that explores her family’s legacy of being African Americans with American Indian roots and how they dealt with not only society’s ostracization but also the consequences of this dual inheritance. While researching her memoir, Black Indian, Shonda Buchanan discovered that her ancestors on her mother’s side had originated in and had migrated from North Carolina to Michigan. ![]() Award-winning author, Shonda Buchanan, will be discussing her memoir, Black Indian, which has been described as The Joy Luck Club and The Color Purple meets Leslie Marmon Silko’s Ceremony. Join us March 16 for a book discussion you won’t want to miss. ![]()
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