These photographs of people from African Nova Scotian communities in Eastern Nova Scotia were provided by the Antigonish Heritage Museum.
Every February during African Heritage Month, we are invited to recognize and celebrate the culture, legacy, achievements and contributions of people of African descent in Nova Scotia- both from the past and present. We've brought together select resources and initiatives the Library offers to help the StFX community commemorate and learn more.
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Resources
The Librarians at Angus L. Macdonald have put together a book display located on the first floor of the library. Below are select resources you can access through the library.
Books Available through the Library
- Africa's children: a history of blacks in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
- African-Canadian theatre
- Amazing Black Atlantic Canadians: Inspiring stories of courage and achievement
- And I alone escaped to tell you
- Black Canadians: History, experiences, social conditions
- Colored Zion: the history of the Zion Baptist Church & the Black community of Truro, Nova Scotia
- Ebony Roots, northern soil: Perspectives on blackness in Canada
- From American slaves to Nova Scotian subjects: the case of Black refugees, 1813-1840
- Harriet's legacies: race, historical memory, and futures in Canada
- Live from the Afrikan resistance!
- My name's not George: the story of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
- One God, one aim, one destiny: African Nova Scotians in Cape Breton
- The hanging of Angelique: the untold story of Canadian slavery and the burning of Old Montreal
- The Skin We're In
Celebrating Black Canadian Fiction
- Brown girl in the ring
- Butter Honey pig bread: a novel
- Dr Edith Vane and the Hares of Cawley Hall
- Fifteen Dogs
- No Crystal Stair
- The midnight bargain
- Yume
Films Available through the Library
- Black Mother Black Daughter
- Ice Breakers
- Joe
- Journey to Justice
- Mighty Jerome
- Older Stronger Wiser
- Remember Africville
- Speak It! From the Heart of Black Nova Scotia!
- Speakers for the Dead
- Weaving the story: Sharing the journey of African women in Cumberland County
Research Guides
Primary Resources
Events in the Library
African Heritage Month Movie
- On February 15th, the Angus L. Macdonald Library is teaming up with StFX Black Student Advising to screen the movie Freedom Swell from 6pm-8pm. Location: Schwartz Auditorium. Popcorn and drinks will be provided.
African Heritage Month Pop-Up Booth
- On February 6th Black Student Advising will have a pop-up booth in the Library from 11am-12pm. Black Excellence T-shirts will be given away for free to Black StFX students and all students are invited to enter a giveaway draw.
