In the northern hemisphere, the shortest month of the year and the coldest for the soul is the month chosen to recognize the lesser known achievements of people who have been settled […]
Wellness Wednesday – Stamp your mark
Black History Month – Buffalo Soldiers
Do people mail postcards anymore? Every February I go to Canada Post to purchase stamps issued for Black History Month. For 2016 it’s the No. 2 Construction Batallion who get the honours. […]
Black History Month – African Nova Scotia
Did you know the UN named the time period of 2015-2024 the decade for people of African descent? I didn’t until I went onto the African Nova Scotian Affairs website. http://www.un.org/en/events/africandescentdecade/index.shtml http://ansa.novascotia.ca/african-heritage-month […]
And the answers are…
Milestone questions on Black History Month Who were Mathieu de Costa and Viola Desmond? Read the following posts, previously published, to find out: https://wealworldtravel.com/2014/02/19/black-history-month-a-da-costa-connection/ https://wealfood.wordpress.com/2015/02/16/meatless-monday-vegging-out-on-viola-desmond-day/
Black History Month – I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
…The caged bird sings with a fearful trill of things unknown but longed for still and his tune is heard on the distant hill for the caged bird sings of freedom. Poem […]
Black History Month – Closing Ceremonies
As the month of February comes to a close, Black History Month concludes for another year. From Lucy* in Ethiopia, to the displaced Nubians of Egypt, the Zulu in South Africa and […]
Black History Month – Africville, Nova Scotia
Home is where the heart is and their hearts were in Africville. Africville was a Halifax community from the 1840s until the 1960s. All that remains now is a park and some […]
Black History Month – Pah!
Did you know… sign language is not universal? Many countries have their own spoken language as well as their own signed language. In most English-speaking parts of Canada and the U.S. the […]
Black History Month – Fighting Fit
There is a cultural way to stay fit if you are travelling to Brazil; do Capoeira. Capoeira is a martial arts disguised as a dance and played as a game. It was […]
Black History Month – Country Profile: South Africa
“One cannot make a slave of a free person, for a free person is free even in a prison.” ~Plato~ On December 5th, 2013 the world lost charismatic freedom fighter and president […]
