Horace King: From Captive Carpenter to Master Bridge Architect
September 8, 2015
Amílcar Cabral (1924–1973) was one of the twentieth century’s most powerful and original Pan-Africanist thinkers. An agronomist, writer,...
No Black history library or book collection is complete without a work by Dr. Na’im Akbar. In addition...
“I am a thinker, writer, activist, creative being, man, dad, husband, grandpop, and son. But just to keep it simple: I’m a free Black man living in captivity. That’s who I am.” Mumia...
Miriam Makeba, lovingly known as Mama Africa, was a South African singer, freedom fighter, and cultural worker who turned her...
Marimba Ani stands as one of the most incisive and fearless architects of African-centered thought. As a scholar-activist,...
I had to go and see Equalizer 2 with Denzel Washington. I have been a fan of Denzel since he played Steve Biko in Cry Freedom. I remember going to the Empire cinema in...
The following quotes are adapted from The Mis-Education of the Negro by Carter G. Woodson, widely recognised as...
The South African freedom fighter, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, affectionately known as the “Mother of the Nation,” was an international...
“Bury me in the ocean with my ancestors who jumped from ships, ’cause they knew death was better than bondage.” ~Eric Killmonger The Maafa (Atlantic trafficking and captivity) is the part...
Ever since reading Sobonfu Somé’s book, The Spirit of Intimacy: Ancient Teachings in the Ways of Relationship—a source...
Wilma Rudolph was an African American athlete who made history in the 1960 Summer Olympic Games in Rome,...
1. “The price of hating other human beings is loving oneself less.” 2. I feel that I am a citizen of the American dream and that the revolutionary struggle of which...
Meserette Kentake, founder of Kentake Page, was born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica, and is of Yoruba descent (mtDNA). Now based in London, she holds a BSc in Counselling Psychology but is most passionate about…
