The province is investing $150,000 for a travelling exhibit that will examine the history of African Nova Scotian fishers.
The African Nova Scotian Seafaring Project will be collaboration between the Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic, the Black Loyalist Heritage Centre in Shelburne and the Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia.
Braden Chetwynd, led the Black Loyalist Heritage Centre side of the project and is the centre’s programming and outreach coordinator.
He says they are trying to capture as much of the history as they can.
“There are a number of interesting stories covering hundreds of years. We’re even into more modern fishing history, so we want to cover as much of the history as we can,” says Chetwynd.
The project is scheduled to launch next spring and will travel to locations across the province before remaining at the Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic in Lunenburg for the long-term.
Chetwynd says the centre in Shelburne was founded to share the stories of the Black Loyalists and working with the other groups will help spread the stories around the province.
“Being able to engage with communities and other organizations is a real treat for us. We all have so much information to share with each other.”
