“Revolution moves in a mysterious way, its wonders to perform.” –C.L.R. James “It was the first time in human history that enslaved people had destroyed a slave system, declared themselves rulers, and...
“I tell people in most of my presentations don’t believe a word I say. I’m not here to...
Raphael Ernest Grail Armattoe was a renowned Ghanaian doctor, anthropologist, author, poet, and politician. His research into the use of...
In her beautiful poem, Ancestral Intelligence, CJ Spears evokes a deeper intelligence rooted in the body, in community,...
“There are no accomplices here other than you and I. You as oppressor, I as liberator, deserve to...
My favourite anthology is Daughters of Africa, edited by Margaret Busby, and I am fortunate to have a signed...
Dr. Umar Rashad Johnson is a Pan-Africanist scholar, certified psychologist, activist, and one of the most outspoken contemporary...
Abram Petrovich Hannibal, also known as Gannibal or Ganibal, was kidnapped from his parents in Africa and brought...
“I’ve Come to Take You Home” is one of the most significant political poems of the late twentieth...
“Yaa Asantewaa The woman who fights before cannons You have accomplished great things You have done well” Yaa...
John Singleton is the African American film director, screenwriter and producer best known for directing Boyz n the...
[dropcap size=small]E[/dropcap]arl Lovelace is an award-winning Trinidadian novelist, journalist, playwright, and short story writer. Lovelace is special among Caribbean writers because he is a people’s author, having remained and built a...
Chester Himes was an African American writer best known for his series of Harlem detective novels. In 1958...
Cathay Williams (1844 – 1892), a.k.a. William Cathay, was the first known African American woman to enlist in...
Delos Rogest Davis, teacher and lawyer (August 4, 1846- April 13, 1915) was the second Black lawyer in Canada and the first Black person appointed to the King’s Counsel in all...
The Lincoln Motion Picture Company is recognized as one of the earliest and most influential Black-owned film production...
Ona Judge, known as Oney Judge Staines after marriage, was a bondwoman who worked on George Washington’s Mount...
Joseph Ignace of Guadeloupe (c. 1769–1802) was a renowned freedom fighter and French Republican military officer, celebrated as one of the foremost heroes of Guadeloupe’s resistance to the Maafa. On May...
“This story is not about what happened to him, it’s everything to do with how he chose to...
The Soledad Brothers—George Jackson, Fleeta Drumgoole, and John Clutchette—were three African-American men accused of murdering a Euro-American prison...
Andrew Jackson Beard was born on March 29, 1849. He was a farmer, carpenter, blacksmith, a railroad worker, a businessman and finally an inventor. He was inducted into the National Inventors...
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…
Toni Morrison once wrote, “If there’s a book you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet,...
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...
Dear Subscribers, I’m excited to announce that Kentake Page has undergone a complete transformation—our brand new website is...
Meserette! Did you just take a page out of Ntozake Shange’s book? I sure did. Why? Because it...
“Laws in and of themselves will not protect us; laws are words written on paper; laws protect no...
Recently, Substack launched an AI-detection feature, powered by Pangram, which offers readers an estimate of how much of...
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...
Ryan Coogler’s birth chart features a Yod, a rare astrological configuration often called the “finger of fate” or...
Today is World Bee Day—an opportunity to honor both Blackness and “Beeness”, and to celebrate the long, buzzing...