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Meserette Kentake

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 Afrikan/Black history—especially the Maafa. She earned a post-graduate certificate in African History after her MA program was suspended just before completion. Undeterred, Meserette continues her independent scholarship and is working on a debut book about the Maafa. For enquiries, contact Meserette at meserette@kentakepage.com.

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[dropcap size=small]H[/dropcap]erman Russell Branson (August 14, 1914 – June 7, 1995) was an African-American physicist and chemist, who...

Ernest Everett Just was an internationally respected African American biologist, zoologist, and physiologist whose pioneering research on fertilization,...

[dropcap size=small]E[/dropcap]va Beatrice Dykes was the first Black woman to fulfill the requirements for a doctoral degree and the third African American woman to receive a Ph.D. Two other Black women,...

Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins (1859 – August 13, 1930) was a prominent African American novelist, journalist, playwright, historian, and...

Charles E. Anderson is the first African American to receive a PhD in Meteorology and to earn national...

“I wanted to change the way people of color were seen across the United States. I wanted America to know that beauty isn’t just [whyte].” Ophelia DeVore-Mitchell was the first African-American...

Tony Oladipo Allen is a Nigerian drummer, composer and songwriter who has been described as “perhaps the greatest...

Raphael Ernest Grail Armattoe was a renowned Ghanaian doctor, anthropologist, author, poet, and politician. His research into the use of...

Ronald Moody (12 August 1900–6 February 1984) was a Jamaican-born modernist sculptor, writer, broadcaster, and trained dentist. Although he worked in bronze, concrete, resin, fiberglass, copper, and other materials, he was...

Annie Lillian Evans, who would later become the famed classical singer Lillian Evanti, was the first African American...

Thomas Nelson Baker Sr. (1860–1941) was the first African American to receive a Ph.D. in philosophy (1903, Yale...

Dr.Solomon Carter Fuller was the first African American psychiatrist who made significant contributions to the study of Alzheimer’s disease. He was also one of the first Black physicians to teach on...

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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 Afrikan/Black history—especially the Maafa. She earned a post-graduate certificate in African History after her MA program was suspended just before completion. Undeterred, Meserette continues her independent scholarship and is working on a debut book about the Maafa. For enquiries, contact Meserette at meserette@kentakepage.com.

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