TYPR 1651

This course provides an historical survey of the Black Nova Scotian experience, covering its origins, socio-economic conditions, politics and evolution to the present. The people of African descent in Nova Scotia represent a particular aspect of the African Diaspora. This course explores this experience in a provincial, national and global context. The central tenet is that the history of the Black population is an integral component of the Atlantic region and Canadian history: both cannot be understood and should not be viewed in isolation or separation from one another. A recurring theme is the active and conscious historical agency of African Nova Scotians.