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A distinct people
African Nova Scotians/Indigenous Blacks are a distinct people who descend from free and enslaved Black Planters, Black Loyalists, Black Refugees, Maroons, and other Black people who inhabited the original 52 land-based Black communities in that part of Mi'kma'ki known as Nova Scotia. Today, there are approximately 20,000 African Nova Scotians living in the province and many more living across Canada.听
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"麻豆传媒资源 recognizes African Nova Scotians as a distinct people and acknowledges how they have shaped this province and University over centuries鈥
University Proclamation of the International Decade for People of African Descent, 2018