Audrey Jeffers: Pioneer of Social Welfare in Trinidad and Tobago
September 6, 2026
Born during the Maafa around 1775 or 1776, Gabriel became a skilled blacksmith, a literate artisan, and a...
On the morning of 9 September 1739, a group of African captives in South Carolina began an uprising...
In the final days of 1831, western Jamaica erupted into the largest uprising of captive people (Xaymacans) in the history of the Caribbean held under British oppression. Known variously as the...
On 14 April 1816, the largest Maafa uprising in Barbados’s history broke out. Now known as Bussa’s Rebellion,...
“There was a militarily gifted and exceptionally daring woman in the front line: Carlota, of Lucumbi origin…” In...
“Revolution moves in a mysterious way, its wonders to perform.” –C.L.R. James “It was the first time in human history that enslaved people had destroyed a slave system, declared themselves rulers,...
“As the black spot passed over the sun, so shall the Blacks pass over the earth.” – Nat...
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…
