Past Events and Activities
Upcoming Events
Come and join us for the Annual Christmas Tree Lighting and Ceremony happening at the Africville Museum on Sunday December 1st beginning at 5 PM.
Recent News
Planners Debate Housing, Transportation Tradeoffs
Experts say Africville is a lesson on what not to do in planning
Read more here: https://signalhfx.ca/planners-debate-housing-transportation-tradeoffs/
Students help with goose problem in Africville
Read more here: https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6540178
Africville receives UNESCO designation as a Place of History and Memory linked to Enslavement and the Slave Trade
Read more here: https://en.ccunesco.ca/about-ccunesco/press/2024/10/africville-unesco-places-of-history-and-memory
Africville receives United Nations designation
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6533251 – Gareth Hampshire, CBC News, October 10, 2024
African Nova Scotian history being recognized nationally, internationally
https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/african-nova-scotian-history-being-recognized-nationally-internationally-1.7070016 – By Stephanie Tiscos, CVT News, Ocotber 10, 2024
Why Immunize? Give Science a Shot
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Walking Africville Audio Tour
Walking Africville is a historic audio walking tour of 1950s-60s Africville, narrated by former residents. Click on the photo to visit the Walking Africville audio tour website.
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Africville 40th Reunion Interview – Global News Morning Halifax
“We speak with Juanita Peters from the Africville Museum and Beatrice Wilkins form the Africville Genealogy Society about what’s planned for the Africville 40th Reunion. The 10-day event starts later…