Books from the Delmore “Buddy” Daye Learning Institute

Black History: Africa, the Caribbean, and the Americas

by Rosemary Sadlier, Gregory Birkett, Derek Grant, Kathleen James, Alyson Van Beinum, Joy Martyr-Andre, Colleen Birkett, Mark Campbell, Ian Hundey
9780994929242 | $75.00 | Page Count: 408

Black History: Africa, the Caribbean, and the Americas (Revised Edition) addresses significant events, movements, and individuals in the history of people of African descent. The learning resources includes chapters on early African history and civilizations; the enslavement of Africans; imperialism and colonization; oppression and resistance in Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America, the United States, and Canada; African independence movements; and African Canadian and African Nova Scotian history; and ends with a chapter on Africa today.

Black History of Nova Scotia

by Tony Colaiacovo | 9781989932216 | $75.00 | Page Count: 236

“The great truth of Tony Colaiacovo’s masterpiece of a history – Black History of Nova Scotia – is that this history belongs to all Nova Scotians, all Canadians, and all Black people who live now in Canada. Unlike other academic histories, Mr. Colaiacovo’s history is addressed to all readers… The story is comprehensive, and the writing exquisite. This history is the best in a generation – and will serve many, many generations yet unborn.”

— George Elliot Clarke

This book is about the history of Nova Scotia and the Black people that have been part of its settlement since the beginning of the fifteenth century. Black people have often been overlooked when relaying the history of Nova Scotia and Canada. They have lived here since the first recorded attempt at the colonization of the “New World” by Europeans and, until the 1960’s, Nova Scotia had the largest black population in Canada. African Nova Scotians have forged a unique cultural identity and their history is integral to Canada’s history.