“We Wear The Mask” was first published in Paul Laurence Dunbar’s collection Majors and Minors in 1895. Written...
In her beautiful poem, Ancestral Intelligence, CJ Spears evokes a deeper intelligence rooted in the body, in community,...
This summer, I embarked on a 21-day trip to Ghana, motivated by my deep admiration for Ottobah Cugoano, an important historical figure whose legacy is often overlooked. Before my visit, I...
My friendthey don’t careif you’re an individualista leftist a rightista shithead or a snakeThey will try to exploit...
“It is up to the living to keep in touch with the dead. Man’s power don’t end with...
Say to them, say to the down-keepers, the sun-slappers, the self-soilers, the harmony-hushers, “even if you are not ready for day it cannot always be night.” You will be right. For...
Tiny bit of humanity, Blessed with your mother’s face, And cursed with your father’s mind. I say cursed...
“I’ve Come to Take You Home” is one of the most significant political poems of the late twentieth...
Langston Hughes, considered the unofficial Poet Laureate of African-Americans, was a prolific writer, who published ten volumes of poetry. One of Hughes’s most widely anthologized poem was his first published poem,...
“A Black Wedding Song” by Gwendolyn Brooks is a brief, blessing‑like lyric that frames Black marital love as...
Lucille Clifton (June 27, 1936 – February 13, 2010) was a prolific and widely respected African-American poet. Clifton...
Maya Angelou lived many lives in her 86 years. She was an author, historian, songwriter, playwright, dancer, stage and screen producer, director, performer, singer, and civil rights activist. However, she will...
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…
