Poet João da Cruz e Sousa, (November 24, 1861-March 19, 1898) was the leading figure of the Symbolist...
“The legend of the Palmares quilombo and its greatest leader, Zumbi, are central to the history and ongoing...
“There have been many outstanding leaders and generals in the African continent, but none captures the imagination as Shaka of Senzangakhona. From a small volunteer army of approximately 200 and a...
Cathay Williams (1844 – 1892), a.k.a. William Cathay, was the first known African American woman to enlist in...
Sarah Jane Woodson Early was an African American educator, author and temperance activist. For 30 years Early was...
Herbert Samuel Heelas Macaulay, the widely acknowledged founding father of Nigerian nationalism, was instrumental in laying the foundation of modern Nigeria. He was also a pan-Africanist who championed the history and...
“America was not geared to make me into a Liz Taylor, a Monroe, a Gardner.” ~Dorothy Dandridge Dorothy...
George Coleman Poage was the first African-American athlete to represent the United States in the Olympic Games, winning...
“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, led a major Maafa/Atlantic slavery uprising...
Fredrick L. McGhee was a Black civil rights activist and one of America’s first African American lawyers. McGhee...
Mahalia Jackson was gospel music’s first superstar and is considered the greatest gospel singer ever to live. She...
Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, the mother of musical legend, Fela Kuti, was also a legend, herself. Known as the Lioness of Lisabi, she was a Nigerian teacher, political campaigner, and women’s rights activist,...
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…
