This is a heavy duty video. I was not aware that there was a Black community and culture in Nova Scotia, much less such a significant one. Im glad to have become aware of the culture. The African diaspora is very wide spread and can be found in places where most people least expect. I love their accents.
I feel like 2 people in the video that I notice I went to high school with during this video. I had no idea either, but I do recall trips I wish it was brought to our school. Too bad they didn’t get to preform for other areas. It’s unfortunate but we need to continue to make videos like this. There is too much other shit in this world to worry about and deal with, The racism really needs to stop. We will be a mixed world in the future.
Wow! The history that is hidden from even ourselves. Just finished watching Book of Negros. I knew there were blacks in Canada but I never knew how poorly they were treated. I was always under the impression that white Canadians were more progressive and accepting. Turns out they behaved just as bad if not worse. The situation in that high school was eerily similar to what I personally experienced at high school in Wisconsin. The is a chapter of the Black Experience that I am so happy to learn about.
We were at 28 Shepherd rd and Shingai was at 48 Shepherd. We hung out from 8 or 9 years old till 14 or 15. He went off to St. Pat's and I went to JL ilsley so didn't get to see him much after that. Also was in Lawrence Nyjoku class in grades 1 to 5.
Black and Indigenous people have the same goals in Nova Scotia. I have personally been discriminated at NSCC Ivany from a faculty member there named Krista Taverner who thought she controlled my outcomes based off the way I looked and who I was. The systemic racism is real in this province.
17:14 When that boy was just about 5 yrs old, his went to live with some people who lived 2 doors down from me. I am half white and for all extents and purposes, I look like I am white. That young man, at 5 yrs old, was in danger of becoming so introverted that he would have never broken out of his cage. That summer I carried him on my shoulders all over the place. Took him to fireworks, to the tours of the naval ships on Canada's Armed Forces day, bought him candy and chips, took him swimming and all sorts of things. I only hope he will remember that it was a (as far as he knows) WHITE teenage boy who became his friend and got him to talk because he would not open his mouth and speak at all for the first month. Nice to see him articulating his thought so eloquently. Collin, if you ever read this, as Jeffery who Mark from 2 doors down in Mulgrave Park is. OR ask Terry-Anne or Cornel. ;) Good luck buddy. I hope you are doing great these days.
Excellent upload!! This is a very informative look at life for these kids and the daily situations that they face, encounter just for being themselves...
its nice i can learn black history thru the nfb. im white n i never knew much black history going to school.since i went to school with bc black politician emery barnes' kids, i did meet harry jerome,emery barnes n rosemary brown.3 black ppl who were a pt of cdn black history
It's very sad, how they have tready our swarthy, copper-coloured indigenous people or now so-called "Black" people. History of "Blacks/ Africans" have changed with their names. True power is in the pen.
I 80s doc. I wonder where they are now. I never knew about black Canada. I never knew there history. Black around the world have more common than we think.
interesting documentary, I'm reminded of a conversation I had with the Nova Scotia poet and activist and radio show host El Jones on the history of Black Canada and the many institutional racism Black Canucks face. nice to see Black Lives Matter Canada building solidarity and coalition building with the Native/Indigenous lives Matter and anti-colonial movement. but I have to say I hate Spike Lee's movies (most of them) and Jungle Fever is a junk movie.
Shhhhhh. We are in hiding, awaiting the great spore, our mycelia are reaching out and soon we will be the overlords of Psilocybin. Just be happy that you are lucky enough to be conquered by a bunch of "Fun-Guys". Seriously: The BEST Magic Mushrooms in the world grow wild in Nova Scotia.
Porchia Brown Are you KIDDING me? Canada is a VERY racist country. Just look at the video link enclosed with this message and tell me what you think?ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7l9viEvxrXA.html
Haha! You are no use to the society when you are in prison. You got to do what you got to do to stay out of prison? Haaa! I got to stay out of prison. Is this a free pass for the racists to degrade me without consequence? I need time to think and I will be back with more. Thank you for the advice. This is an old film. Where are these youth in Canadian society today? It is getting out there in Canada and we need these youth leaders to join hand with others for more awareness in Canada.
This is what Shingai Nyajeka looks like now: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ldXqceBVjME.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YmwLmGBmCX0.html
I traced my bloodline to lenape tribe in united states and another family member was Cherokee don't listen to that African bullshit some people did come from Africa but do the math where been here and where are not black we are aborigines of turtle island read history and you see slaves where mainly white even in America they only shipped around 450,000 salves from Africa and rest from England Thomas brown (the kings rangers)a black new England planters who mainly had white salves from England we had the higher numbers of salves in America because we already were here look at the treaty's and look and the paintings and or picture that go with them tell me what you see. Moorish empires ruled Europe until 1491 great Britain was taken from the Celtics and they all where salves and prisoners until the colonized the new world. If you are not English or Saxon u are not white words from the serpents mouths Benjamin franklin. Estevan the moor was the first African to make it to the so called new world in 1529 if you do decide to read history only read primary info. No secondary info unless u double check the primary info. Primary info maps, letters , journal, diary etc. First hand accounts only and see all the lies we have been told
