Audrey Jeffers: Pioneer of Social Welfare in Trinidad and Tobago
September 6, 2026
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Millie Small was one of the first Jamaican performers to become a global pop star. With the joyous,...
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William Davidson (c.1781–1 May 1820) was a Jamaican‑born, Black British radical in early nineteenth-century Britain. His execution for...
Joseph Antonio Emidy (c. 1775–23 April 1835) was an Afro‑Portuguese violinist, composer, and teacher who became one of the most prominent musical figures in early nineteenth‑century Cornwall. Today, he is celebrated...
Ottobah Cugoano was a pioneer of the Black radical tradition, becoming a prominent leader in the British abolitionist...
Walter Daniel John Tull was a professional footballer and one of the British Army’s first Black commissioned officers....
LLearie Nicholas Constantine, Baron Constantine, Kt., was a West Indian cricket legend, barrister, author, broadcast journalist, and political activist. He served as Trinidad’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and became...
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…
