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Black Cultural Centre

The cultural centre aims to protect and preserve Black culture in Nova Scotia. It’s a cultural heritage...
Culture

Guysborough and Tracadie

A large group of Black Loyalists settled in Guysborough at Chedabucto Bay in 1784 after a fire...
Settlement History

Melville Island

During the War of 1812, about 800 refugees out of 4000 passed through Melville Island. The island...
Settlement History

Africville

This African Nova Scotian village was founded in the 18th century in the north end of Halifax....
Settlement History

Africville Museum

The Africville Museum looks across the land where the people of Africville lived, worked, and raised their...
Culture

The Seaview African United Baptist Church

The church was the heart of Africville. It was located at the village centre and was a...
Story

Roseland Theatre

Viola Desmond was a Canadian civil rights activist and businesswoman of Black Nova Scotian descent. In 1946,...
Story

Halifax

in another significant migration of Black refugees. About 2,000 refugees arrived in Halifax and Dartmouth, including two...
Settlement History

Delmore Buddy Daye Learning Institute

This Afrocentric institute creates educational changes and opportunities for communities of African ancestry to reach their full...
Resources

Black Halifax

Black Halifax is an innovative, interactive, multidisciplinary project that celebrates Halifax’s vibrant Black community. The site hosts...
Culture

About our Artists

Bria Miller

Hailing from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Bria Miller is a multidisciplinary visual artist, graphic designer, facilitator, curator, disc and video jockey (DJ and VJ), and performer. She is self-taught, and in the past year, she has been learning to create digital art and animate.  

For the last 4 years, her artwork – stickers, art prints, and original paintings – has been sold during many events, markets, and in other spaces in Halifax, NS. These spaces include Alteregos Cafe, Glitter Bean Cafe, Bus Stop Theatre, Halifax Zine Fair, North by Night Markets, Venus Envy, and more!  She is also a co-founder of Taking BLK Gottingen markets in Halifax, alongside Kordeena Clayton, Marika Paris and Michelle Strum. 

As part of her artistic practice, Bria creates digital illustrations for many projects such as books, educational resources, social media content, collaborative merchandise design, and more. When she has time, Bria explores and experiments with making ink illustrations with alcohol and water-based inks. She also enjoys learning many new skills, such as making short films and paper puppets for animation films. 

Bria works full-time as Co-Director at Khyber Centre for the Arts.

Andre Fenton

Andre Fenton is an award-winning African Nova Scotian author, spoken-word artist, and arts educator who has represented Halifax at seven national poetry festivals across Canada. Through the lens of fiction and poetry, Andre has facilitated workshops at over 30 schools across Nova Scotia, helping young writers and performers develop their craft. Andre is based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. 

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