About eight years ago, I discovered Waiting for the Rain by Charles Mungoshi during a visit to the...
The Famished Road by Ben Okri, won the 1991 Man Booker Prize. The novel has the most beautiful...
I had to go and see Equalizer 2 with Denzel Washington. I have been a fan of Denzel since he played Steve Biko in Cry Freedom. I remember going to the Empire cinema in...
The following quotes are adapted from The Mis-Education of the Negro by Carter G. Woodson, widely recognised as...
“To be Black was to be the beneficiary of a great inheritance, a special destiny, glorious burdens that...
“Frequently, I have been asked how I got to be this way. How did I, born black in a white country, poor in a society where wealth is adored and sought...
“Out under the moon and stars, alone with his son…he walked to the edge of the village, lifted...
“Perhaps even more important to them than freedom was the fact that no leaf fell, no word uttered...
“The African family was like a city, vast and embracing to all of like mind, but full of perils for those who were not. Looking out on the gathering darkness, she...
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…
