What is the Maafa?
April 19, 2026
“Thirty years ago, the MOBO Organisation was born out of a desire to create space where there was...
On May 28, 1998, twelve-year-old Jody-Anne Maxwell made history at the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C....
Regina M. Anderson was an African-American librarian, playwright, patron of the arts, and organizer whose quiet labor helped shape Black literary and theatrical modernity. Born on 21 May 1901 in Chicago,...
Marie Selika Williams (c. 1849/1850–20 May 1937) was one of the most accomplished and pathbreaking African American classical...
Lorraine Vivian Hansberry lived only 34 years, yet she reshaped American theater, sharpened the intellectual edge of the...
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 extension, the birth of the world’s...
“Whatever path we seem to take, it always has one end: a racist bullet. A racist bullet murdered...
Jayne Cortez (born Sallie Jayne Richardson) was a visionary African American poet, performer, and cultural activist whose fierce,...
Chinwe Ifeoma Chukwuogo-Roy MBE (1952–2012) was a distinguished Nigerian-British visual artist who gained international recognition for her portraiture, figurative works, and vibrant depictions of African culture. She made history in 2002...
Moremi Ajasoro was a legendary Yoruba queen whose courage, intelligence, and tragic sacrifice have echoed across centuries. Remembered...
“The sunshine of her life she gives, To everything around her, Though brief the season that she lives...
Gwendolyn B. Bennett was an African-American poet, essayist, short-story writer, and artist. Although she never published her own volume of poetry, she was one of the most revered poets of her...
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…
