Richard Potter: The first African-American magician
July 19, 2015
This pictorial post features a powerful 40-panel visual narrative by Haitian artist Joseph Kendy titled “Noir & Blanc” (Black & White). The work tells a profound love story set against the backdrop...
“We need enlightenment. We need more light about each other. Light creates understanding, understanding creates love. Love creates...
“Study History, Erase The Mystery.” Professor James Small has devoted his life to Pan-Africanism, bringing together historical scholarship,...
“We are not a people of yesterday. Do they ask how many single seasons we have flowed from...
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...
“There are no accomplices here other than you and I. You as oppressor, I as liberator, deserve to...
On the word Maafa In this cine-essay, I advance an original reading of Sinners that treats the film as a...
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Anthony Burks is one of the most unique conceptual artists in America.His paintings mix colored pencils, watercolor, pen,...
How will I ever forget you, magic leaf Tormented as I am by your taunts The prodding jeers...
“I am Toussaint Louverture; perhaps my name has made itself known to you. I have undertaken vengeance. I want Liberty and Equality to reign in Saint‑Domingue. I am working to make...
Dizzy Gillespie was one of jazz history’s most influential trumpeters, composers, and bandleaders. In the 1940s, he and...
“History is a clock that people use to tell their political and cultural time of day. It is...
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This essay explains how the term Maafa is used across Kentake Page. The term Maafa was introduced by...
Michel-Rolph Trouillot (1949–2012) was a groundbreaking Haitian anthropologist, historian, songwriter, and public intellectual whose life and work fundamentally...
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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,...