A range of unique images is being presented at a Halifax exhibit about the often-forgotten African-Nova Scotian identity.
For those looking to learn more about the African Nova-Scotian identity in the country, the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 of Halifax will take audiences through the fascinating journey of stereotypes and realities as represented through photography. Poster printing and other advertising of the new exhibit in brochure printing will also be used.
The exhibit, which is called 'Position as Desired', will feature Halifax and Nova Scotia artists of African ancestry who will represent the diversity of the Canadian community through Maritime eyes. The diverse images will feature reflections of identity and challenge stereotypes as being on the margins of Canadian society and out of the mainstream.
The Halifax Pier 21 museum also welcomes the collection to disassociate it from its past of depicting Eurocentric visions of immigration in Canada and the East Coast between 1920s and the 1970s. As a Canadian national museum, the exhibit will seek to tell a different and unique interpretation of immigration specific to the African and Nova Scotian experience.
Promoted through the efforts of the national museum and the poster printing and brochure printing of Pier 21,'Position as Desired' will run until March 20th. The Halifax collection will also offer a curator's tour, film screenings and panel discussions about the photographic representations. Notable author Lawrence Hill will also be on hand on March 5th to feature an author reading and discussion of identity from his latest novel.
