Dandara of Palmares: The Warrior Spirit of Afrikan Resistance in Brazil
“Her fight is preserved in Brazilian history, and her warrior personality is, to this day, an example for other women.” — Andrade and Lelis (loose translation) In...
Category : Afro-Latino
THE URBAN SHAMAN: AN INTERVIEW WITH ELLIOTT RIVERA
“Afrikans are in bondage today because they approach spirituality through religion provided by foreign invaders and conquerors.” ~Haile Selassie I Elliot Rivera, known as the...
Antonio Maceo: The Greatest Soldier and General of the 19th Century
“There can be but one result for the Cubans. That is victory…” Lieutenant General José Antonio de la Caridad Maceo y Grajales was a Cuban...
Juan Garrido: The first “African American”
Juan Garrido was an African-Spanish conquistador, who is the first documented Black person to arrive in the United States. African by birth, he went to...
Dr. José Celso Barbosa: The father of Puerto Rican statehood
Dr. José Celso Barbosa was a Puerto Rican physician, sociologist, and political leader, known within Puerto Rico as the “father of the Statehood for Puerto...
Arthur Alfonso Schomburg: Pioneering Historian
[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...
Juan Martin de Porres: The First Black Saint of the Americas
“Compassion, my dear Brothers, is preferable to cleanliness. Reflect that with a little soap I can easily clean my bed covers, but even with a...
João da Cruz e Sousa: The “Black Swan”
Poet João da Cruz e Sousa, (November 24, 1861-March 19, 1898) was the leading figure of the Symbolist movement in Brazil. Called the Cisne Negro...
Zumbi dos Palmares: Hero of Brazil
“The legend of the Palmares quilombo and its greatest leader, Zumbi, are central to the history and ongoing struggle of Brazilians who recognize their Afrikan...
Carlota: Heroine of Cuba
“There was a militarily gifted and exceptionally daring woman in the front line: Carlota, of Lucumbi origin…” In 1843, Carlota Lucumí, an enslaved African woman,...