Richard Potter: The first African-American magician
July 19, 2015
María Remedios del Valle was an Afro‑Argentine freedom fighter, nurse, and guerrilla who became a decorated officer in...
“Each of us has a singular purpose. If one is fortunate enough to self-analyze and discover that purpose,...
“I have no doubt in my mind that the British are determined to execute me. I have committed no crime. My only crime is that I am a Kenyan revolutionary who...
Ayi Kwei Armah is a Ghanaian novelist, essayist, and Pan-African thinker whose writing confronts the betrayal of freedom...
Thomas Mokopu Mofolo was a Mosotho writer who helped establish the novel as a major form of literary...
Okomfo Anokye occupies a foundational place in Asante history. A priest, healer, counselor, and political thinker, he is remembered alongside Osei Tutu I as a co-founder of the Asante nation in...
Michel-Rolph Trouillot (1949–2012) was a groundbreaking Haitian anthropologist, historian, songwriter, and public intellectual whose life and work fundamentally...
Ntozake Shange centered Black women’s lives in an expansive literary world. A poet, playwright, novelist, and essayist, she...
Jean-Jacques Dessalines was a pivotal military leader during the Haitian Revolution and is recognized as the founding father of independent Haiti. Rising from field worker to revolutionary general and Haiti’s first...
Kerry James Marshall has built his career around a defining ambition: to place Black people at the center...
“Study History, Erase The Mystery.” Professor James Small has devoted his life to Pan-Africanism, bringing together historical scholarship,...
Arna Wendell Bontemps was a prominent American writer, poet, and librarian who played a key role during the Harlem Renaissance. Born in Louisiana and raised in California, he developed lasting collaborations...
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…
