Mme Oussematou visits Nova Scotia May 2016

1. Sharing Our Home and A Little
of Our Community with
Oussematou
May 2016.
Created by Lydia Sorflaten
Especially for Mme. Oussematou

2. Home Away From Home: Sorflaten’s On Shortts Lake

10. Preparing
Presentations!

11. Presentation In French Ecole Acadienne de Truro

14. Charlie Hill Left Money To The Rotary Club of Truro For International Work.
The Three Room School Rebuild Project In Befang, Cameroon Is Dedicated In
His Memory.

15. Charles Hill and Sons Farm Charles Hill

16. The Milking Parlor

18. Tara, Charles Hill’s Grand Daughter & Matou

19. Cows Eat A Mixture of Silage (Hay), Corn, Soya Beans.

21. Allan Explains: Milk Is Stored In The Bulk Milk Tank

22. Don’t Think So….

23. Jillian, Matou, Emma and Tara Holding Posters For Befang!

24. Visit to Africville Museum
Halifax/Bedford

26. Africville
For over a century African Canadians settled
here developing an independent community
centered around church and family. As part of
the urban renewal projects of the 1960’s,
officials introduced a plan to level the
community and relocate its residents. The
community mobilized and even though no
building were saved, Africville became a
symbol of the ongoing struggle by African
Canadians to defend their culture and their
rights. Seaview Park, created on this site as a
memorial to Africville, speaks to the enduring
significance of this community.

27. Before: A Thriving Community
Now: A Busy Container Port

29. Africville As A Community
Children Played On The Beach. Picked Blueberries

30. Water Problems
Drinking Water Had to Be Boiled Water Contaminated By City Dump

32. 1964 – 67
•Africville residents relocated and their homes destroyed
2004
•The UN officially states that the treatment and
destruction of Africville was a crime against
humanity.

33. What can be learned from
this terrible story?

34. Zion United Baptist Church Sunday Service

37. Visit to the Mi'kmaq Community of
Millbrook

45. Visit to Maggie’s Place Resource Centre for Families

47. Ideas For Adaptation

50. Reuse, Recycle Especially Compost

51. A Preschoolers Children’s Library and Activity Boxes

56. Visit to the Coady International
Institute

60. Excellent Facility

61. Matou Talks With A Man From Ghana

63. At the Library With Admissions Officer & Librarian

64. http://www.coady.stfx.ca/coady/

65. A Walk and Picnic in Victoria Park