Literary QuotesQuotes from Waiting for the Rain by Charles MungoshiMeserette KentakeJune 18, 2020June 20, 2020 by Meserette KentakeJune 18, 2020June 20, 20200 When I read Waiting for the Rain by Charles Mungoshi (about 8 years ago), I was so struck by the beauty and wisdom of the...
Poetry on the Page“I’ve come to take you home”: A Tribute to Sarah Baartman by Diana FerrusMeserette KentakeFebruary 8, 2020June 6, 2020 by Meserette KentakeFebruary 8, 2020June 6, 20201 I’ve come to take you home is one of the most important poems of political significance in the 20th Century. Written in 1998, by Diana...
MaafaMutinyJanuary 24, 1773 – The Slave Ship, New Britannia, is destroyed!Meserette KentakeJanuary 25, 2020August 23, 2023 by Meserette KentakeJanuary 25, 2020August 23, 20230 On January 24th, 1773, the captive people aboard the New Britannia, declared war. The ship which was on the Gambian river, in Senegambia, was blown...
Editor’s ChoiceProverbs100 Afrikan Proverbs to be guided by…Meserette KentakeJanuary 1, 2020June 7, 2020 by Meserette KentakeJanuary 1, 2020June 7, 20202 “We are not a people of yesterday. Do they ask how many single seasons we have flowed from our beginnings till now? We shall point...
AfricaThe Zulu Personal DeclarationMeserette KentakeApril 21, 2019June 7, 2020 by Meserette KentakeApril 21, 2019June 7, 20201 “We need enlightenment. We need more light about each other. Light creates understanding, understanding creates love. Love creates patience and patience creates unity.” ~Malcolm X...
Literary QuotesMagical quotes from ‘The Famished Road’ by Ben OkriMeserette KentakeApril 20, 2019June 10, 2020 by Meserette KentakeApril 20, 2019June 10, 20200 The Famished Road by Ben Okri, won the 1991 Man Booker Prize. The novel has the most beautiful beginning of any novel I have ever...
African American historyAfrican folk songsMaafaAmelia’s Song: From Sierra Leone to South CarolinaMeserette KentakeMarch 16, 2019July 15, 2020 by Meserette KentakeMarch 16, 2019July 15, 20204 “Ever since they left Thies, the women had not stopped singing. As soon as one group allowed the refrain to die, another picked it up,...
AfricaDid You Know?Did You Know that the world’s oldest jewelry is from Africa?Meserette KentakeFebruary 20, 2018June 24, 2020 by Meserette KentakeFebruary 20, 2018June 24, 20200 Did You Know that around 75,000 years ago an African drilled tiny holes into the shells of snails and strung them as beads to make...
African HistoryBlack HistoryEvolutionDinknesh aka Lucy: The first lady of humanity?Meserette KentakeNovember 24, 2016March 7, 2020 by Meserette KentakeNovember 24, 2016March 7, 20200 “There is still a powerful tendency to deny that humanity originated in Africa and that the African peoples of the world are related to each...
AfricanFamous SagittariusHerstoryKings and QueensQueen Ranavalona lll: The Last Queen of MadagascarMeserette KentakeNovember 22, 2016June 17, 2020 by Meserette KentakeNovember 22, 2016June 17, 20200 Ranavalona III was the last reigning monarch of the Kingdom of Madagascar. She ruled from July 30, 1883, to February 28, 1897. During her reign,...