The Rogue Washinton Black - In Between Empire and Home
Fiction lifts us skyward; history asks what happens when our feet touch ground. Halifax's shift-- from provider to the sugar isles to haven for the hunted-- is evidence that locations can alter their purpose. Africville, born of exemption and abundant in neighbourhood, is a compass. Into this area came Barbadian migration: ward nurses and schoolteachers, authors and pianists, public servants and athletes. Oliver Jones, Joe Sealy, Cameron Bailey, Anne Cools, Andre De Grasse-- each a waypoint on a longer journey to belonging. See now and check out the history behind the escape. Barbados Halifax conntion