Horace King: From Captive Carpenter to Master Bridge Architect
September 8, 2015
Nat Turner (c. 2 October 1800–11 November 1831) was a Black preacher, religious visionary, and revolutionary whose leadership of the 1831 Southampton uprising in Virginia made him one of the most consequential...
In the early twentieth century, when almost the entire African continent had been carved up under European oppression,...
Basil Barrington Watson, OJ was one of Jamaica’s foremost painters and a central figure in the development of...
Anacaona (c. 1474–1503) was a distinguished Taíno poet, and composer of sacred areitos, and a leading cacica of...
Alonso de Illescas was an Afro‑Ecuadorian leader and an icon for people of African descent in Ecuador. A...
Marimba Ani’s book, “Yurugu: An African-Centered Critique of European Cultural Thought and Behavior,” published in 1994, is widely regarded as...
Raphael Ernest Grail Armattoe was a renowned Ghanaian doctor, anthropologist, author, poet, and politician. His research into the use of...
My favourite anthology is Daughters of Africa, edited by Margaret Busby, and I am fortunate to have a signed...
“There are no accomplices here other than you and I. You as oppressor, I as liberator, deserve to...
Juan Rodríguez (Dutch: Jan Rodrigues; Portuguese: João Rodrigues) holds the distinction of being the first documented non-indigenous person...
Legend of the Crown: “The Art of African Kings and Queens” is more than a set of striking...
“A riot is the language of the unheard.” ~MLK The Watts Rebellion, often called the Watts riots or...
In 1628, the first Black person known to have lived in Canada was a native of Madagascar. He...
“It is the responsibility of every adult to know their history and culture, to preserve it and then pass it on to the next generation…” ~Anthony T. Browder From The Browder...
“I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps...
Activist Jimmie Lee Jackson is remembered for his tragic death at 26 years old at the hands of...
In the spring of 1963, Black Bristolians and their allies launched a four‑month bus boycott that would change race relations in Britain. Rooted in the everyday racism of a regional bus...
Windradyne (c.1800–1829), known as Saturday, was a prominent Indigenous Australian resistance leader from the Wiradjuri nation. He belonged...
Joseph Douglass (1871–1935) was a groundbreaking African-American concert violinist. He was the grandson of abolitionist Frederick Douglas; and...
“My music is the spiritual expression of what I am — my faith, my knowledge, my being…When you begin to see the possibilities of music, you desire to do something really...
According to historian Ivan Van Sertima, drawing on the 17th‑century writer al‑Makkari and early Spanish chroniclers, an African...
“It isn’t luck, and it isn’t circumstances, and it isn’t being born a certain way that causes a...
Moneta Sleet Jr. was the Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist, best remembered for his photograph of Coretta Scott King and her daughter at the funeral of the Martin Luther King Jr. Sleet is...
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…
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,...
The Kentake Page website recently developed internal issues that prevented me from publishing new posts. After the passing...
I have been on a rampage, as we would say in Jamaica. It feels as if I am...