What is the Maafa?
April 19, 2026
“Ayiti has been blessed to be a country where we have created all the essentials of the identity...
“We’ve survived colonization and enslavement and when you consider what we have gone through, the fact that we...
“We were here at least 56,000 years ago; Africans came over. The Mongolians don’t come until 2,600 BC and they shared their blood with the Africans and their children became the...
“We’re universal entities. The way our DNA is coded, there’s nothing we don’t know. It’s a matter of...
Dr. Umar Johnson is considered a national expert on learning disabilities and their effect on Black children, as...
“I want Black people to engage in, not in searching for rights, but I want them to search for resources. There is a major difference. Because there is no power in...
”A lot of people have this idea that the only parts of Afrika where there is any evidence...
“We are not there yet. Not yet Uhuru. Uhuru meaning freedom. We see it every day with our...
“I tell people in most of my presentations don’t believe a word I say. I’m not here to make you believe me, I’m here to make you think. If I can...
“I have a sense of passion about Black, about African people, so I want to use any vehicles...
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…
