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Hubert Henry Harrison (1883–1927) was a towering Caribbean-born intellectual, agitator, and educator whose life forces us to rethink...

No Black history library or book collection is complete without a work by Dr. Na’im Akbar. In addition...

José Leonardo Chirino (25 April 1754 – 10 December 1796) stands as one of the most significant anti-Maafa freedom fighters in eighteenth-century Venezuelan history. A legally free man of African and...

“I am a thinker, writer, activist, creative being, man, dad, husband, grandpop, and son. But just to keep...

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 to embody the intertwined struggles for culture, dignity, and freedom in 20th‑century Haiti....

Rosalie Gicanda (1928–1994) was the last Queen of Rwanda, remembered as a “People’s Queen” whose life of quiet dignity ended...

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 the “father” of Black Consciousness. Through the philosophy of Black Consciousness, Biko called...

“There are no accomplices here other than you and I. You as oppressor, I as liberator, deserve to...

“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 movement in 1787 with the publication of his book Thoughts and Sentiments on...

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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…

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