What is the Maafa?
April 19, 2026
“Marie Couvent was the first [Black] woman to set the example of an enlightened charity, and that for...
“In such a wild country as Africa one does not go far without adventures. The traveler necessarily sees...
Juan Garrido was an African-Spanish conquistador, who is the first documented Black person to arrive in the United States. African by birth, he went to Portugal as a young man, and...
Gordon Parks (born Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks) was born on November 30, 1912, in Fort Scott, Kansas....
Muhammad ibn Tumart (ca. 1080–1130) was a North African religious reformer who founded the Almohad movement in North...
“Look to Africa when a Black king shall be crowned, for the day of deliverance is near.” Emperor Haile Selassie I was Ethiopia’s 225th and last emperor. Emperor Haile Selassie I...
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…
