Announcements & Featured Posts
Season’s Greetings & Holiday Closure 2025
Our office will be closed from December 22nd and will reopen on January 2nd 2026. We look forward to continuing our work with our partners and community members in the New Year!
Culturally Affirming Mentor Development Series – Report Now Available
We are pleased to announce the publication of our latest research report, the Culturally Affirming Mentor Development Series (2025). This series was designed by our research team to support mentors [...]
Hey Black Writer! Join the free Mental Health Selfie Poems Workshop!
Express, connect, and locate resources for mental wellness - join us November 20th! Are you a Black Nova Scotian aged 16+? Do you have an experience, point of view, [...]
Our Publications
Times of African Nova Scotians – Volume One
Proverb / Word of the Month
“Better to make a mistake at the beginning than at the end.” –Nigerian Proverb
Africentric / African-centered Philosophy
Broadly speaking, it is a philosophical manner of thought and way of life that places persons of African ancestry at the center of their own lived realities and analysis by reclaiming historical African values and moving forward to build futures.
DBDLI articulates Africentricity as one of its core values. We state this value as one of our actions.
Africentricity – We are committed to reclaiming and delivering African derived worldviews and values.
International Decade for People of African Descent
As the DBDLI seeks opportunities to advance its mandate, we will promote the Decade with a goal to advance people of African Descent to realize their full potential.
The International Decade for People of African Descent, proclaimed by General Assembly resolution 68/237 and to be observed from 2015 to 2024, provides a solid framework for the United Nations, Member States, civil society and all other relevant actors to join together with people of African descent and take effective measures for the implementation of the programme of activities in the spirit of recognition, justice and development.
For more information, please visit the United Nations International Decade for People of African Descent website.
