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A photograph from a jazz performance from Ma'afu Keteca in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Bertrand Bickersteth was born in Sierra Leone but was raised in the Canadian Prairies. His African heritage has had a huge impact on his life in the Canadian Prairies. He is a writer in an African periodical that is in Calgary, and he studied the…

This marriage certificate between Mildred Jane Lewis and John Ware is really cool. I don't really know how it makes my argument stronger, but what is cooler than seeing a marriage certificate from the 1890s? It's crazy that it has been preserved,…

Tololwa M. Mollel was greatly influenced by his grandfather. When he came to Canada and ultimately decided to stay in the Canadian Prairies, he never forgot his upbringing and used the storytelling talents he had learned to become a successful…

Tololwa fell in love with storytelling because of his grandfather. He also learned the art of storytelling from his grandfather. It is because of his grandfather that he came to the Canadian Prairies and ended up in a career in storytelling. He…

This is a photo taken of residents attending a meeting at Seaview United Baptist Church in 1962 to discuss and oppose a report by the City of Halifax’s development department that would lead to the demolition of the settlement and the forced…

This photo shows Deacon Ralph B. Jones of the Seaview United Baptist Church delivering a speech during a 1962 community meeting held inside the church. The gathering was organized in response to the City of Halifax’s plans to demolish Africville and…

This is a photograph of the Africville Sea-sides 1922 team that played in the Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes. It highlights the pride, talent, and leadership found within Africville, and it connects strongly to the legacy of Aaron “Pa”…

This photo of the Africville Museum in Halifax. It is on the original site of the Seaview United Baptist Church and was built to be a replica of the church that once stood at the centre of the community.It is important for understanding the…

Canadian novelist and scholar Cecil Foster published his book on sleeping car porters in 2019, 'They Call Me George'. In chapter three, "'Did you ring sir?': Modern Luxury and Black Labour", Foster describes what it was like to work as a sleeping car…