“Fireburn”: The Three Queens of the Virgin Islands
Three African‑Caribbean women on St. Croix stood at the forefront of a mass insurrection against the Danish government, demanding just wages and humane working conditions....
Category : Black History
Black History from across the African World. African, African-American, African-Caribbean, Afro-Latino, Australasia, Black-British, Black-Canadian, Black Presence in Arabia, Asia and Europe.
Amelia’s Song: From Sierra Leone to South Carolina
“Ever since they left Thies, the women had not stopped singing. As soon as one group allowed the refrain to die, another picked it up,...
Claude Neal: The last ‘spectacle lynching’ in the United States.
Claude Neal was a 23-year-old African-American man who was arrested and lynched in Jackson County, Florida, on October 26, 1934, in one of the most...
Ngola Janga (or Palmares) of Brazil
Palmares or Quilombo dos Palmares is the largest and most famous of Brazilian quilombos, and perhaps the quilombo that survived the longest. It was established...
The War of General Bussa: The largest Maafa revolt in Barbados
On 14 April 1816, the largest Maafa (Atlantic slavery) uprising in the history of Barbados broke out. Now known as Bussa’s Rebellion, the revolt lasted...
William Tucker: The first African American child
“Out under the moon and the stars, alone with his son…he walked to the edge of the village, lifted his baby up with his face...
The Demerara Revolt
There were three major Maafa (Atlantic slavery) revolutions in the Caribbean during the early 19th century: Barbados (1816), Demerara (1823), and Jamaica (1831-32). The Demerara...
Dinknesh aka Lucy: The first lady of humanity?
“There is still a powerful tendency to deny that humanity originated in Africa and that the African peoples of the world are related to each...
Rio Olympics 2016: Four African women went under 30 mins in the greatest 10k race in history
Four Black (African) women created history in the 10000m finals (12 August 2016) in the Summer Games of the Olympics 2016. 37 female athletes from...
Constantin Henriquez de Zubiera: The first Black Olympian
The first Black athlete to compete at the Olympics was Haitian-born French rugby player Constantin Henriquez de Zubiera, who competed for France in 1900. As...