Historical Markers
Church Members of the 230 year-old historic Zion Methodist Church in West Africa, reads a Marker installed in Freetown, Sierra Leone, featuring a 1792 Settler, Rev. Anthony Elliott. He was one of about 1,196 black Settlers from the American Colonies and Canada in 1792 who settled in West Africa.
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Historical Markers
A Church Member of the 230 year-old historic Zion Methodist Church in West Africa, reads a Marker installed in Freetown, Sierra leone, featuring a 1792 Settler, Rev. Anthony Elliott. He was one of about 1,196 black Settlers from the American Colonies and Canada in 1792 who settled in West Africa.
What We Do
Historical Markers
Mobile Exhibits
Books & Publications
Heritage Trails & Mapping
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Integrating Historical Content Into Spaces
Researching, analyzing, and showcasing the history of Africa and the African Diaspora, we work to make recorded, archived, and newly sourced historical data available to local communities and global audiences. Students and young people especially, have been a targeted audience and some of our products and services have helped to make learning about history become more accessible and enjoyable.
Installing Historical markers in physical spaces is another main focus. African Curator is currently undertaking a project to install technology-based Historical Markers in physical spaces in Africa, the U.S.A, Canada, Europe, and the Caribbean. Our Smart Historical Markers are equipped with access to web environments to improve connectivity, dialogue and research in African history.
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Historic Zion Methodist Church
Installation of a Historical Marker in front of the historic Zion Methodist Church on Wilberforce Street in Freetown, Sierra Leone. The marker features the history of Zion Church from its founding in the year 1792, to the mid-1800s. It documents the epic exodus of 1,196 black Settlers from Halifax, Canada to Freetown in 1792.
Freetown City Council
In partnership with Yasmin Tells, installed and curated a mobile exhibit on the 2nd floor of the Freetown City Council building. It featured 27 Women Icons from book 1 and book 2 of the Icons of Sierra Leone series.
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Sierra Leone National Museum
A six-week exhibit curated and installed at the Sierra Leone national Museum. Activities throughout the month included college, school and class trips. The exhibit included a partnership with Yasmin Tells and partly sponsored by the Monuments & Clerics Commission.
Historic Zion Methodist Church
Installation of a Historical Marker in front of the historic Zion Methodist Church on Wilberforce Street in Freetown, Sierra Leone. The marker features the history of Zion Church from its founding in the year 1792, to the mid-1800s. It documents the epic exodus of 1,196 black Settlers from Halifax, Canada to Freetown in 1792.
Freetown City Council
In partnership with Yasmin Tells, installed and curated a mobile exhibit on the 2nd floor of the Freetown City Council building. It featured 27 Women Icons from book 1 and book 2 of the Icons of Sierra Leone series.
Creatives Showcase
Sierra Leone National Museum
A six-week exhibit curated and installed at the Sierra Leone national Museum. Activities throughout the month included college, school and class trips. The exhibit included a partnership with Yasmin Tells and partly sponsored by the Monuments & Clerics Commission.
Making Historical Content Accessible
Working with local Curators and builders, African Curator has designed, constructed, and installed history-based exhibits for several spaces including a National Museum, a local City Council, and a community event.
Our history exhibits, curated to include Icons, signages and other artwork aim to encourage dialogue and create learning experiences for visitors and communities. Our content covers cross-cultural and cross-regional African history including historical content with links to America, Canada, Britain, the Caribbean, and West Africa.
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Let’s Build History Together
Virtual and Online Environments create even wider spaces and more opportunities for individuals and communities to learn, interact and engage around historical content. African Curator creates platforms for online communities and virtual environments to encourage cross-cultural dialogue and promote the economic value of Heritage Tourism for local communities.
March - One Journey Symposium: Canada to Africa | 230 Years
The “One Journey” Symposium is a series of global dialogues among people of African descent in Africa and the African Diaspora whose journeys collectively reflect the black historical experience.
Featuring Speakers and Panelists in Maryland, South Carolina, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Africa, this 1st One Journey Symposium highlights different perspectives and contributions of the journey and legacies of black Settlers and the founding of Historic Freetown 230 years ago in 1792.
Topics included West Africa before the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade; Black Loyalists who fought during the American Revolutionary War and later settled in Canada; the largest exodus of free blacks from the Americas to Africa; the historic founding of Freetown in 1792; Gullah-Geechee Corridor; Black Seminoles; and Historic Freetown at 230 years old.
May - One Journey Symposium: London to Africa | 230 Years
Join Speakers, Panelists, and Presenters in London, Canada, United States, and Freetown to mark the 230th year anniversary of the city of Freetown. Stories and presentations will highlight the 230+ year journey of Africans from before the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, through the American War of Independence, Exodus to Britain and Canada, Arrival in Freetown, West Africa and 230 years since.
Speakers will present on topics including West Africa before the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, Black Poor of London to Freetown, Black Loyalists who fought during the American Revolutionary War and later settled in Canada, the largest exodus of free blacks from the Americas to Africa, the historic founding of Freetown in 1787 and 1792, Slave Resistance in the Americas, and Historic Freetown at 230 years old.
Historic Zion Methodist Church in West Africa at 230 Years Old
Zion Methodist Wilberforce Street was established in Freetown, Sierra Leone in 1792 with a Countess of Huntingdon congregation that arrived as Settlers from Nova Scotia, Canada and America. The Huntingdonians were a sect of Methodists. Together with other Settlers, they founded the settlement of Freetown. For 230 years, Zion Church has remained in the same location, and sustained generations of family members as part of its congregation. In its 230th year, this historic Church celebrates over two centuries of fellowship.
African Curator designed the online platform showcasing the historic journey of Zion Church.
Historic West African City of Freetown at 230 Years Old
African Curator designed the online environment showcasing Freetown’s historic value. HistoricFreetown.com has anchored several activities of the Freetown City Council’s 230th Anniversary celebrations including a Sierra Leone Women Icons exhibit that was installed in the City Council building, and a feature of the Mayor as a Keynote Speaker during the One Journey Symposium in March. A key goal of the web platform is to promote Heritage Tourism and encourage cross-cultural collaboration.
Icons of Sierra Leone: Who Shaped History
Sierra Leone, a country in West Africa, is well positioned historically as a place of value for students of modern history. Since the middle-ages, through the colonization and industrial era, it has served major roles in shaping history.
The Sierra Leone Icons Series is a creative project launched by African Curator, to showcase Sierra Leoneans who shaped history in Sierra Leone and around the world. With a series of books creatively designed for young people, historical accounts by Historians, Writers, Professors, and others are curated by African Curator and other contributors. Included on the online platform are archived recordings of primary accounts by family and close friends of the Icons. The online platform aims to increase and serve as a repository of Sierra Leone history.
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