Book is in French During a visit to the Africville Historic Site in Halifax, Nova Scotia, a young girl remembers all the stories she heard told in her family. What was the community like in the past? At the end of her reverie, the young girl stops in front of the sundial where her great-grandmother's name is engraved in stone, then goes to join her family at the annual Africville reunion. Africville is a vibrant black community that has flourished for over 150 years in Nova Scotia, despite a lack of essential services. The city of Halifax demolished this neighborhood in the 1960s, a tragic event marked by injustice and racial discrimination.