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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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Amiri Baraka wrote the poem Somebody Blew Up America about the September 11th Attacks. The poem was explicit...

When Sisters of the Yam: Black Women and Self-Recovery by bell hooks was originally released in 1994, it...

How say that by law we may torture and chase A woman whose crime is the hue of her face? – With her step on the ice, and her arm on...

Every day, at the Noir de Rio Museum, hundreds of people venerate an image of a Black woman...

“The Worst Sight,” by Kevin A. Williams (also known as WAK), is a compelling series of six paintings:...

There was the cycle of the mineral, the rock. There was the cycle of the plant. And now we are in the cycle of the animal coming to the end of...

“Out under the moon and stars, alone with his son…he walked to the edge of the village, lifted...

Maya Angelou stated, “I write because I have profound truths to reveal.” I believe it is our individual...

Dr. Claud Anderson is founder and president of The Harvest Institute, a think-tank whose mission is the social and economic reform of Black America. A well-known political strategist, businessman, educator and...

Black Man of the Nile and His Family, first published in 1972, is Dr. Ben’s best known work....

“The civilization of Egypt, and of Africa in general, is the most written about and the least understood...

“The Middle Passge. Our Holocaust. It is our holocaust because this is a holocaust that started 500 years ago and it is not over. We do not start our count at...

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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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