African AmericanControversial FigureHerstoryHistorical personalities during the MaafaMarie Couvent: A Controversial African-American PhilanthropistMeserette KentakeJune 28, 2020June 28, 2020 by Meserette KentakeJune 28, 2020June 28, 20200 “Marie Couvent was the first [Black] woman to set the example of an enlightened charity, and that for a long time she was the only...
African AmericanBlack CanadianHistorical personalities during the MaafaThomas Peters: One of the Black Loyalist Founders of Sierra LeoneMeserette KentakeJune 25, 2020June 25, 2020 by Meserette KentakeJune 25, 2020June 25, 20200 In 1999, Thomas Peters, one of the founding fathers of Sierra Leone, was honored by the Sierra Leone government by being included in a movie...
Afro-LatinoHistorical personalities during the MaafaHistory MakersAntonio Maceo: The Greatest Soldier and General of the 19th CenturyMeserette KentakeJune 14, 2020June 14, 2020 by Meserette KentakeJune 14, 2020June 14, 20201 “There can be but one result for the Cubans. That is victory…” Lieutenant General José Antonio de la Caridad Maceo y Grajales was a Cuban...
AfropeanHistorical personalities during the MaafaHistory MakersAbram Petrovich Hannibal: A Nobleman of RussiaMeserette KentakeMay 14, 2018June 11, 2020 by Meserette KentakeMay 14, 2018June 11, 20200 Abram Petrovich Hannibal also Gannibal or Ganibal was stolen from his parents in Afrika and brought to Russia as a gift for Peter I. Hannibal...