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...
James Weldon Johnson was an African-American writer, who distinguished himself in civil rights, diplomacy, education, journalism, law, literature,...
[dropcap size=big]R[/dropcap]ichmond Barthé was an African-American sculptor associated with the Harlem Renaissance. Barthe was one of the first...
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was the best known spokesperson for African-American rights during the first half of the 20th century. In 1895, he became the first African American to earn...
Reginald F. Lewis, the owner of TLC Beatrice International, a $500 million European conglomerate in food processing and...
Margaret Walker was an African American poet and writer. She began her literary career in the 1930s and...
Stevie Wonder, born Stevland Hardaway Judkins on May 13, 1950, in Saginaw, Michigan, is celebrated as one of the most influential and visionary artists in modern music. His career as a...
Matthew Alexander Henson was the first African-American Arctic explorer to reach the North Pole in 1909, as part...
Paul Laurence Dunbar was a pioneering African American author who earned international recognition in the late nineteenth and...
Runoko Rashidi (August 16, 1954 – August 2, 2021) was an anthropologist, historian, writer and public lecturer whose life work centered on what he termed the Global African Presence, tracing the history, culture...
“An African…has an undeniable right to his Liberty.” Lemuel Haynes was an influential African-American religious leader who argued...
“We were here at least 56,000 years ago; Africans came over. The Mongolians don’t come until 2,600 BC...
Regina M. Anderson was an African-American librarian, playwright, patron of the arts, and organizer whose quiet labor helped shape Black literary and theatrical modernity. Born on 21 May 1901 in Chicago,...
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...