Cassandra Wilson was one of the most original vocal artists in American music: a jazz singer, songwriter, guitarist, producer, and interpreter whose deep contralto carried Mississippi’s tonal memory into a strikingly modern...
Dr. John Henrik Clarke was a Pan-Africanist scholar and historian and a pioneer of Africana studies, who became...
Anacaona (c. 1474–1503) was a distinguished Taíno poet, and composer of sacred areitos, and a leading cacica of...
Marimba Ani stands as one of the most incisive and fearless architects of African-centered thought. As a scholar-activist,...
“We were here at least 56,000 years ago; Africans came over. The Mongolians don’t come until 2,600 BC...
“The whole reason I did games was because people said, ‘You can’t do it.’ I’m one of the...
My favourite anthology is Daughters of Africa, edited by Margaret Busby, and I am fortunate to have a signed...
Angelo Soliman who achieved considerable fame as a “Princely Moor” in eighteenth-century Vienna, is historically recognized by some...
“I’ve Come to Take You Home” is one of the most significant political poems of the late twentieth...
Sanité Bélair (born Suzanne Bélair), was a Haitian freedom fighter and revolutionary during the Haitian Revolution. Sanité, whom...
Alice Augusta Ball was an African American chemist who developed the most effective treatment of leprosy until the...
Augustus Nathaniel Lushington was the first African American to earn a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M.), earning the doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania in 1897. After practicing in Philadelphia for...
In the early twentieth century, when almost the entire African continent had been carved up under European oppression,...
Frank Alvin Silvera was one of the 20th century’s greatest character actors. Silvera was known as “the man...
Assata Shakur stands as one of the most enduring and controversial voices of Black resistance in the twentieth century. A former member of the Black Panther Party and the Black Liberation...
Alberta Christine Williams King was Martin Luther King, Jr.’s mother and the wife of Martin Luther King, Sr....
Laura Wheeler was an African-American artist and educator, best known for her paintings of prominent African Americans including...
[dropcap size=small]A[/dropcap]rthur Schomburg was a Puerto Rican historian, writer, and activist in the United States who researched and raised awareness of the great contributions that Afro-Latino Americans and African-Americans have made...
“I am a thinker, writer, activist, creative being, man, dad, husband, grandpop, and son. But just to keep...
[dropcap size=small]W[/dropcap]illa B. Brown was the first African-American woman to become a licensed pilot in the United States....
“Your willingness to look at your darkness is what empowers you to change.” ~Iyanla Vanzant Painting: “I see a Queen in me” by Frank Morrison
... 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 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...
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...