Being forced to leave my home in Africville was hard. But 60 years later, I feel a different loss
Paula Grant-Smith was forced to leave her childhood home in Africville when she was only 15. She shares what she grieved then — and how that loss has changed in the decades since.
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![Paula Grant-Smith was forced to leave her childhood home in Africville when she was only 15. She shares what she grieved then — and how that loss has changed in the decades since she has become a grandmother. An illustration of a woman sitting on a park bench while a boy runs through a grassy field. Inside the woman’s thought bubble, she imagines the neighbourhood that once stood there.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7040112.1701404841!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/africville-illustration.jpg)
Paula Grant-Smith was forced to leave her childhood home in Africville when she was only 15. She shares what she grieved then — and how that loss has changed in the decades since.