York: The Black Explorer
June 29, 2015
“There was a militarily gifted and exceptionally daring woman in the front line: Carlota, of Lucumbi origin…” In 1843, Carlota Lucumí, an enslaved African woman, led a major Maafa uprising in Matanzas,...
On November 2–3, 1920, a Euro-American mob attacked the African-American community of Ocoee, Florida, after they attempted to...
Loïs Mailou Jones (November 3, 1905 – June 9, 1998) was a pioneering painter, designer, and educator whose...
“Study History, Erase The Mystery.” Professor James Small has devoted his life to Pan-Africanism, bringing together historical scholarship,...
“We need enlightenment. We need more light about each other. Light creates understanding, understanding creates love. Love creates...
“We are not a people of yesterday. Do they ask how many single seasons we have flowed from...
“There are no accomplices here other than you and I. You as oppressor, I as liberator, deserve to...
Anacaona (c. 1474–1503) was a distinguished Taíno poet, and composer of sacred areitos, and a leading cacica of...
Samora Moisés Machel stands as one of the twentieth century’s most inspiring and influential African leaders—a visionary guerrilla...
My favourite anthology is Daughters of Africa, edited by Margaret Busby, and I am fortunate to have a signed...
“Slavery is not an indefinable mass of flesh. It is a particular, specific enslaved woman, whose mind is...
Thomas Mokopu Mofolo was a Mosotho writer who helped establish the novel as a major form of literary...
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was one of the nineteenth century’s most widely read African American writers and a...
Basil Barrington Watson, OJ was one of Jamaica’s foremost painters and a central figure in the development of post-Independence Jamaican art. In 2000, he received the Institute of Jamaica’s Gold Musgrave...
“We’ve survived colonization and enslavement and when you consider what we have gone through, the fact that we...
Laurie Cooper is an African-American artist born and based in Philadelphia, PA. She received her BA degree from...
Maya Angelou lived many lives in her 86 years. She was an author, historian, songwriter, playwright, dancer, stage and screen producer, director, performer, singer, and civil rights activist. However, she will...
Fred Hampton was an African-American activist and deputy chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party...
Millie Small was one of the first Jamaican performers to become a global pop star. With the joyous,...
On 5 November 1975, Cuba launched Operation Carlota, a military mission to defend Angola’s independence and shift the balance of power in southern Africa. Responding to an urgent appeal from Agostinho...
Marie Claire Heureuse Félicité Bonheur (1758-August 8, 1858 ), was the Empress of Haiti (1804-1806) as the spouse...
“We are not there yet. Not yet Uhuru. Uhuru meaning freedom. We see it every day with our...
Ruby Bridges was the first African-American child to attend an all Euro-American public elementary school in the American South. Bridges was six years old and had to be escorted to class...
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…
“Let us all pass on the knowledge,planting trees in the shade of whichwe ourselves may never sit.”~Margaret Busby...
Before Ten Figures in Black British History Before Windrush became an essay, it was a school presentation. In...
We shall return To the houses, to our crops,to the beaches, to our fieldswe shall return To our...
“Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned,...
“We must take the unequivocal position that if the Black race is to perish, the world must perish...
I conclude this series with two istwa that some readers may consider controversial choices: the Cuban Revolution and...
“What have I, or those I represent, to do with your national independence? Are the great principles of...
Part 1 of My Top Ten Black History Events explored how I define Black history and where I...
A few months ago, I reflected on the meaning of Black history and the ten major events that...
Toni Morrison once wrote, “If there’s a book you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet,...
Dear Subscribers, I’m excited to announce that Kentake Page has undergone a complete transformation—our brand new website is...
People often ask where to begin learning Black history. Usually, they ask for the name of a book,...