What is the Maafa?
April 19, 2026
“There was a militarily gifted and exceptionally daring woman in the front line: Carlota, of Lucumbi origin…” In...
Alonso de Illescas was an Afro‑Ecuadorian leader and an icon for people of African descent in Ecuador. A...
Nicolás Guillén Landrián (1938 in Camagüey, Cuba – July 23, 2003 in Miami, Florida) was a Cuban experimental filmmaker and painter. He was the nephew of Afro-Cuban poet Nicolás Guillén. Landrián...
Rafael Cepeda Atiles is known as “The Patriarch of the Bomba and Plena.” He was the patriarch of...
Rafael Cordero, known as “The Father of Public Education in Puerto Rico”, was a self-educated Puerto Rican who...
Vicente Ramón Guerrero Saldaña ( August 10, 1782 – February 14, 1831), the Mexican national hero was the first Black president in North America, when he became the second president of...
Every day, at the Noir de Rio Museum, hundreds of people venerate an image of a Black woman...
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…
