Wayde Compton

Compton has published books of poetry, essays, and fiction, and he edited the first comprehensive anthology of black writing from British Columbia.

He co-founded Commodore Books with David Chariandy and Karina Vernon in 2006, the first black-oriented press in Western Canada.

He also co-founded the Hogan's Alley Memorial Project in 2002, a grassroots organization that promotes the history of Vancouver's black community.

Compton teaches in the faculty of Creative Writing at Douglas College.

In 1996 he penned the semi-autobiographical poem "Declaration of the Halfrican Nation".