Mahalia Jackson was gospel music’s first superstar and is widely regarded as the greatest gospel singer ever. Entertainer Harry Belafonte described her as “the single most powerful Black woman in the United...
“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...
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...
Sanité Bélair (born Suzanne Bélair), was a Haitian freedom fighter and revolutionary during the Haitian Revolution. Sanité, whom...
This essay explains how the term Maafa is used across Kentake Page. The term Maafa was introduced by...
Quamina Gladstone, commonly known as Quamina, was an African-born Guyanese man of Akan/Coromantee heritage and the father of...
Bernard Jeffrey McCullough—known to the world as Bernie Mac—was an American comedian, actor, writer, and producer whose fearless stand-up, distinctive Chicago voice, and wide-ranging screen work made him one of the...
The Battle of Mbororé was a major victory in which Guaraní warriors defeated Portuguese raiders (bandeirantes) and their...
Vernon Napoleon Johns (April 22, 1892 – June 11, 1965) was a brilliant, uncompromising Baptist preacher whose life...
“Her fight is preserved in Brazilian history, and her warrior personality is, to this day, an example for other women.” — Andrade and Lelis (loose translation) In the late sixteenth century, in the...
listen children keep this in the place you have for keeping always keep it all ways we have...
“We Wear The Mask” was first published in Paul Laurence Dunbar’s collection Majors and Minors in 1895. Written...
On 19 October 1840, the American schooner Hermosa struck a reef near Spanish Key in the Abaco Islands. The vessel had left Richmond, Virginia, bound for New Orleans. Alongside cotton goods...
In this book, Stolen Legacy, George James argues that “Greek philosophy is stolen Egyptian philosophy, which first spread...
Marie-Madeleine Lachenais, known as Joute, was called “the President of two Presidents” and is regarded as the most...
Angelo Soliman who achieved considerable fame as a “Princely Moor” in eighteenth-century Vienna, is historically recognized by some as the “First Moorish Freemason.” Soliman was born in Africa, around 1721. His...
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,...