Announcements & Featured Posts
Office Closure for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Please note that our office will be closed on Wednesday, September 30, in observance of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
Now Hiring! Cross-Departmental Administrative Assistant
We value quality of life! We are flexible so that we can be high achievers but without stressing about personal commitments, because we all have things outside of [...]
African Nova Scotian Youth Fellowship: DBDLI and HRM Civic Engagement Partnership
Celebrating our African Nova Scotian Youth FellowsAn inaugural program with deep rootsOn June 30, 2026, we launched an exciting brand new youth program to build ties between our youth [...]
Our Publications
Times of African Nova Scotians – Volume One
Proverb / Word of the Month
“Unity is strength, division is weakness.” –Swahili 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.
