Joseph Antonio Emidy (c. 1775–23 April 1835) was an Afro‑Portuguese violinist, composer, and teacher who became one of...
Jacques Stephen Alexis (1922–1961) was a Haitian novelist, neurologist, and Marxist political activist whose life and work came...
Rosalie Gicanda (1928–1994) was the last Queen of Rwanda, remembered as a “People’s Queen” whose life of quiet dignity ended in martyrdom during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. Rosalie Gicanda was born...
Moremi Ajasoro was a legendary Yoruba queen whose courage, intelligence, and tragic sacrifice have echoed across centuries. Remembered...
Stephen Bantu Biko (1946–1977) was a prominent South African anti-apartheid leader and revolutionary philosopher who is widely regarded as...
“There are no accomplices here other than you and I. You as oppressor, I as liberator, deserve to die.” Túpac Amaru II was an Indigenous nobleman, community leader, and revolutionary who...
“Her fight is preserved in Brazilian history, and her warrior personality is, to this day, an example for...
Ottobah Cugoano was a pioneer of the Black radical tradition, becoming a prominent leader in the British abolitionist...
Billy Strachan was a World War 2 RAF hero and civil rights pioneer. A campaigner against colonialism, he was a member of the Communist Party and the secretary of the London...
“Afrikans are in bondage today because they approach spirituality through religion provided by foreign invaders and conquerors.” ~Haile...
“The sunshine of her life she gives, To everything around her, Though brief the season that she lives...
Gwendolyn B. Bennett was an African-American poet, essayist, short-story writer, and artist. Although she never published her own volume of poetry, she was one of the most revered poets of her...
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…
