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African Heritage Month kicks off at Halifax libraries

“It’s been 400 years, and we’re still here. We’re still standing,” said Black History Month Association co-chair Crystal Mulder.

“As an African Nova Scotian woman, learning and knowing our history and culture, learning and knowing where we came from and who we came from is extremely important,” said Mulder.Quebec’s Fred la Marmotte dies before Groundhog Day prediction: ‘He had no vital signs’While the history of African Nova Scotians goes back 400 years, Mulder says that fact isn’t clear in some history books.

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