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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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“We have to consciously study how to be tender with each other until it becomes a habit because...

A Rock, A River, A Tree Hosts to species long since departed, Marked the mastodon. The dinosaur, who...

According to historian Ivan Van Sertima, drawing on the 17th‑century writer al‑Makkari and early Spanish chroniclers, an African dynasty ruled parts of Spain for 157 years, long before the Muslim invasion...

Daughters of Africa by Margaret Busby is the most comprehensive and compelling collection of words and writings by...

Ignatius Sancho (c. 1729 – 14 December 1780) is the first known Black Briton to vote in a...

I have read most ‘adult’ books on Nelson Mandela, and my favorite is Conversations with Myself. I have found him deeply inspiring. His mind was truly a beautiful thing and it...

Psycho-Academic Holocaust: The Special Education & ADHD Wars Against Black Boys by Umar Johnson discusses such topics as...

“Message to the Grass Roots” was a public speech delivered by Malcolm X on November 10, 1963, at...

Madison Washington escaped Euro-American system of enslavement to freedom in Canada. However, Washington could not continue to live free in Canada while the woman he loved remained in bondage. He went...

Lois Mailou Jones (November 3, 1905 – June 9, 1998) was an iconic painter and an important historical...

Slavery helped finance the Industrial Revolution in England. Plantation owners, shipbuilders, and merchants connected with the slave trade...

You Are …the honey in my Cerassie tea …the Ackee with my Saltfish …the Rum in my Coke …the Ganja in my cake, well soaked… the Hummingbird in my Hibiscus Touching...

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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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