Keti Koti
Keti Koti is an Afro-Surinamese commemoration that brings together remembrance, spiritual tradition, and cultural celebration to mark the formal end of the Maafa in Suriname...
Category : Maafa
The Antelope and the Cruel Fate of Black Children in U.S. Law
In 1820, the Antelope was seized off the coast of Florida with approximately three hundred African captives crowded aboard—most of them children, with an average...
Lunsford Lane: Entrepreneurship, Resilience, and Legacy within the Maafa
Lunsford Lane (1803–1879) was a remarkable nineteenth-century entrepreneur, abolitionist, and author who rose from captivity as a house servant in Raleigh, North Carolina, to become...
Joseph Ignace: African Son of Guadeloupe, Guardian of Freedom
Joseph Ignace of Guadeloupe (c. 1769–1802) was a renowned freedom fighter and French Republican military officer, celebrated as one of the foremost heroes of Guadeloupe’s...
Toussaint Louverture: The Precursor of the First Black Republic
“I am Toussaint Louverture; perhaps my name has made itself known to you. I have undertaken vengeance. I want Liberty and Equality to reign in...
Catherine Flon: Seamstress of the Haitian Nation
Catherine Flon holds a revered place in Haitian history as the woman most closely associated with the creation of the first Haitian flag and, by...
The Day Captivity Ended in Brazil
On 13 May 1888, a brief law signed in Rio de Janeiro brought a formal end to centuries of organised African captivity in Brazil. Known...
Cape Coast Fortress: An Architecture of Transatlantic Trafficking
Cape Coast Fortress stands as one of the largest and best-preserved European fortifications on the West African coast, and is one of more than 30...
Doctor Caesar: The Power of Black Medical Knowledge in Early South Carolina
Caesar was an African healer living under forced servitude in early South Carolina whose knowledge of botanical medicine became valuable enough to secure his freedom....
José Leonardo Chirino: Freedom Fighter of Coro
José Leonardo Chirino (25 April 1754 – 10 December 1796) stands as one of the most significant anti-Maafa freedom fighters in eighteenth-century Venezuelan history. A...