Here's a wonderful website for information about influential Black leaders in history: A Salute to Black History

And check this out: Nanaimo African Heritage Society

Black History Month Events, February, 2009:

Africa Celebrates — Dinner & Dance

Saturday, Feb 28, 6pm:
Presented by the African Heritage Association of Vancouver Island. African Dinner followed by a live performance of traditional West African drumming and dance by Victorian troupe Etolies D’Afrique also featuring a debut of their new West African electric fusion group. Homer Centre, 813 Darwin Ave. Tickets $15 and $25. Phone 250-727-6454.