Nolan, Faith - Africville

Format: LP
Label: M.W.I.C. (Multicultural Women in Concert) Records 11161
Year: 1986
Origin: Halifax, Nova Scotia
Genre: folk
Keyword: Africville, Black settlements in Nova Scotia, Edith Clayton, Josiah Henson, Mary Joseph Angelique, Mary Ann Shadd
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Release Type: Albums
Websites: No
Playlist: Beautiful Black Canadians, Nova Scotia, 1980's, Canadian Women in Song, Folk, Top 50 Black Canadian Albums

Tracks

Side 1

	Track Name	Length
1	Africville	02:34
2	Josiah Henson	04:20
3	Mary Joseph Angelique	02:27
4	Child of Mine	02:22
5	Mary Ann Shadd	01:51
6	Nobody Knows My People	03:05

Side 2

	Track Name	Length
1	Emancipation Day	01:39
2	Edith Clayton	02:23
3	Box Factory	02:44
4	Regina	02:33
5	Uppity Town	02:41
6	Divide and Rule	04:05

Photos

Faith Nolan - Africville back cover

Africville in the 1960's

Faith Nolan-Africville LABEL 01

Faith Nolan-Africville LABEL 02

Africville

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Information/Write-up

The title of Faith Nolan's historical album refers to the 150 year old black settlement, which was located in the Bedford Basin in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Rather than providing the community with fresh water, septic systems, roads, and other facilities that were afforded the caucasion communities, the racist government of the day stole their land, ordered the destruction of the community, and displaced all 400 inhabitants.

Residents of Africville were given a formal apology by the mayor of Halifax in February, 2010.
-Robert Williston

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