Request for Proposals – Traveling Exhibit Design Introduction and Overview There have been people of African descent living and working in Nova Scotia for over four hundred years, and they have been involved in virtually every aspect of marine industry – as fishers and processors, shippers and sailors, and shipbuilders and navigators. Still, the experiences […]
African Nova Scotian Historical Researcher Seeking an African Nova Scotian Historical Researcher People of African descent have been living and working in Nova Scotia for over four hundred years, and have been involved in virtually every aspect of marine industry. Still, the experiences and contributions of African Nova Scotian seafarers and their coastal communities have remained absent from […]
Project Launch There have been people of African descent living and working in Nova Scotia for over four hundred years, and they have been involved in virtually every aspect of marine industry – as fishers and processors, shippers and sailors, and shipbuilders and navigators. There were enslaved Africans working in Louisbourg’s fishing stations, Black Loyalists […]