African Heritage Month kicks off in Nova Scotia
Posted Jan 24, 2011 02:46:52 PM.
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African Nova Scotian Affairs Minister Percy Paris kicked off the month-long celebration Monday morning, proclaiming February “African Heritage” month.
“We chuckle a little bit in the African Nova Scotian community because I can remember when you bring a friend home, one of the first things Mom or Dad would ask the friend ‘who’s your father dear?’ or ‘who’s your mother, dear?'” he says. “The question was asked because we are so connected.”
2011 is the International Year for People of African Descent.
“African Heritage should be celebrated twelve months of the year. But I think what 2011 does with the decoration by the United Nations, gives us more ammunition and a greater ability to do that,” says Paris.
