A review by sarasreadingnook
Africville by Shauntay Grant

5.0

I’m going to let this one sit before assigning a rating. It was written beautifully and has wonderful illustrations. But the end of the book discusses how Africville was a neglected, predominantly black Canadian community in which Halifax failed to provide basic infrastructure and needs to the Africville citizens. This included sewage, running water, and roads.

I think that this is a book that needs to be read because I had not learned of Africville before reading this book. And now this has provided me with so many questions and an unease and unrest at how Halifax failed to care of this community. And I will be reading more about this topic.