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Akim Aliu Dreamer (Original Graphic Memoir) Cover:Paperback class and statusThis honest, engrossing graphic memoir tells the story of professional athlete and activist Akim Aliu's incredible life as a hockey prodigy in Canada. Akim Aliu also known as Dreamer is a Ukrainian Nigerian Canadian professional hockey player whose career took him all around the world and who experienced systemic racism at every turn. Dreamer tells Akim's incredible story, from being the only Black child in his Ukrainian community, to his family