What is the Maafa?
April 19, 2026
Meserette! Did you just take a page out of Ntozake Shange’s book? I sure did. Why? Because it...
“Laws in and of themselves will not protect us; laws are words written on paper; laws protect no...
Recently, Substack launched an AI-detection feature, powered by Pangram, which offers readers an estimate of how much of a post appears to have been written by a human and how much...
People often ask where to begin learning Black history. Usually, they ask for the name of a book,...
The Kentake Page website recently developed internal issues that prevented me from publishing new posts. After the passing...
I have been on a rampage, as we would say in Jamaica. It feels as if I am making up for lost years. The first Kentake Page Monthly Roundup was published...
Ryan Coogler’s birth chart features a Yod, a rare astrological configuration often called the “finger of fate” or...
Today is World Bee Day—an opportunity to honor both Blackness and “Beeness”, and to celebrate the long, buzzing...
Can you name ten ships that took your ancestors from Africa to the Americas? No? This question was posed on a social media platform several years ago. Therefore, it is not...
As we approach the final reading of SINNERS, it feels much like bidding farewell to a dear friend....
The number 13 is often regarded as unlucky, associated with skeletons, death, upheaval, and the unknown. However, older...
In my original plan, I intended for this final section of the essay to appear as a single Part 4. As I approached the conclusion, however, I realised that Annie’s story—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…
