Thrive

07/11/22 • 33 min

Today, the elders of Africville all share one common description of Africville. It was safe. Memories of happy childhoods, dinners, sports and church linger in the minds of those who had the privilege of an Africville childhood. From this cradle of love and support, grew talent that would shape the world.

In this episode we uncover how Africville thrived and the joy its people still feel generations later.

If you care about racism, displaced peoples and social justice, then you need to know the story of Africville Forever.

Join the fight at AfricvilleForever.com

Hosted by Eddy Carvery III & Alfred Burgesson

Artwork by Vanessa Thomas

A Podstarter production for Frequency Podcast Network

In this episode we uncover how Africville thrived and the joy its people still feel generations later.

If you care about racism, displaced peoples and social justice, then you need to know the story of Africville Forever.

Join the fight at AfricvilleForever.com

Hosted by Eddy Carvery III & Alfred Burgesson

Artwork by Vanessa Thomas

A Podstarter production for Frequency Podcast Network

Previous Episode

Birth

From the moment Halifax was founded in 1749, enslaved African people were brought to dig out roads and begin building the city. An early Black community found refuge a few kilometres north on the southern shore of the Bedford Basin — an area that became Africville.

This is the story of how that small collection of improvised homes, would become one of North America's most important Black communities.

If you care about racism, displaced peoples and social justice, then you need to know the story of Africville Forever.

Join the fight at AfricvilleForever.com

Hosted by Eddy Carvery III & Alfred Burgesson

Artwork by Vanessa Thomas

A Podstarter production for Frequency Podcast Network

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Destruction

In 2022, all that remains of Africville is a park full of monuments that hint at what once was. How did all levels of government get away with the total destruction of Africville? How could a proud and historical community be subjected to a trauma that still feels like an open wound?

In this episode we follow the systematic eradication of Africville, and the effect it had on those who called it home.

If you care about racism, displaced peoples and social justice, then you need to know the story of Africville Forever.

Join the fight at AfricvilleForever.com

Hosted by Eddy Carvery III & Alfred Burgesson

Artwork by Vanessa Thomas

A Podstarter production for Frequency Podcast Network