Webb, Calvin AllanThis project, which focuses on Nalo Hopkinson's Midnight Robber, explores the relationship between storytelling, witnessing, and lived experience. By interrogating the intersection of black feminism, speculative fiction, and slave narratives in the backdrop of the Haitian Revolution, Hopkinson's work shows that some silencing can be constructive, even essential, for survival.en"Nothing About the Rape:" Generative Silencing in Nalo Hopkinson's Midnight RobberThesisLiteratureCanadian literatureCaribbean literatureBlack FeminismFeminismHaitian RevolutionScience FictionSlaverySpeculative Fiction