Reclaiming Heritage: A Nova Scotian’s Visit to Sierra Leone
What inspired you to want to travel to Sierra Leone? In the community, many people spoke of ancestors leaving Nova Scotia and going to Africa. It is well known that Sierra Leone was where the Black Loyalists had emigrated to in 1792, so I knew that is where I would want to go to learn more about that history. The name Freetown has always piqued my interest. The fact that it was a place where free people from this part of