“There was a militarily gifted and exceptionally daring woman in the front line: Carlota, of Lucumbi origin…” In...
“It was my good fortune to lend a helping hand to the weary travelers flying from the land...
Sanité Bélair (born Suzanne Bélair), was a Haitian freedom fighter and revolutionary during the Haitian Revolution. Sanité, whom Dessalines described as “a tigress,” is formally recognised by the Haitian Government as...
Nathanial “Nat” Turner was the leader of a powerful Maafa (slavery) revolt in Southampton County, Virginia, in 1831....
Alonso de Illescas was an Afro‑Ecuadorian leader and an icon for people of African descent in Ecuador. A...
David Walker was an outspoken African-American abolitionist and anti-Maafa (Atlantic slavery) activist. In 1829, while living in Boston, Massachusetts, he published An Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World, a...
Quamina Gladstone, commonly known as Quamina, was a Guyanese Coromantee captive who was the father of Jack Gladstone....
Robert Purvis was a radical African American abolitionist and reformer as well as a prosperous gentleman farmer and...
Louis Delgrès was an African-Caribbean freedom fighter who led the 1802 resistance in Guadeloupe against Napoleon Bonaparte’s attempt to restore the Maafa, and chose death over surrender. Delgrès was born on...
Gullah Jack, also known as Couter Jack and sometimes referred to as “Gullah” Jack Pritchard, was an African...
Rei Amador, also known as the “General Captain of War” and “King Amador,” is a central figure in...
Denmark Vesey (1767 – July 2, 1822) was a free black who masterminded what would have been the largest Maafa (slavery) uprising in American history. A skilled carpenter, Vesey had won...
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…
