Washington Black and Rogues In Paradise - Between Empire and Home

Escape is just the very first chapter. Halifax turns the page. The port that as soon as provisioned sugar plantations relearned itself as a waypoint to liberty. The story of Africville-- its church, its senior citizens, its erasure-- asks Canada to bear in mind completely. Within this arc, Barbadian migrants helped construct a contemporary country: literature that listened, festivals that widened the frame, politics that included the omitted. Austin Clarke, Cameron Bailey, Anne Cools-- names that stand for many. The teaser raises us; the history lands us.


See now and satisfy iconic Barbadian-Canadians who made a mark.