Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje was a South African writer, journalist, translator, and political organizer whose work joined the defense...
Henri Christophe (c. 1767–1820) was one of the commanding figures of the Haitian Revolution and the founder of...
Millie Small was one of the first Jamaican performers to become a global pop star. With the joyous, high-pitched exuberance of “My Boy Lollipop,” she carried ska from Jamaica’s dancehalls into...
Val Irvine McCalla was a Jamaican-born British accountant and media entrepreneur who founded The Voice, transforming the landscape...
John Brown Russwurm (1799–1851) was one of the most consequential and debated Black intellectuals of the nineteenth-century Atlantic...
The arrival of the Empire Windrush at Tilbury on 22 June 1948 stands as a defining moment in modern British history. The passengers aboard, alongside the broader wave of post-war migration...
Mme. Abomah—also billed as the “Amazon Giantess” and the “African Giantess”—was an African American performer who became an...
Paul Bogle is one of Jamaica’s National Heroes and a central figure in the Morant Bay Rebellion of...
Celia Cruz was a Black Cuban and Cuban American singer whose extraordinary career made her one of the most celebrated and influential vocalists in Cuban and Latin music. Revered as La...
Mary Ann Shadd Cary was a Black Canadian-American educator, abolitionist, writer, newspaper publisher, army recruiter, suffragist, and legal...
Powhatan Beaty was a Black Union soldier, Medal of Honor recipient, actor, playwright, and civic figure whose life...
“If one can, anyone can, all you gotta do is try” Faith Ringgold was an American painter, writer, educator, sculptor, performance artist, and activist best known for her painted story quilts....
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…
