Maurice Bishop: Grenada’s Revolutionary Son
Maurice Rupert Bishop (1944–1983) was a charismatic revolutionary who served as Prime Minister of Grenada from 1979 until his assassination in 1983. After overthrowing the...
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Catherine Flon: Seamstress of the Haitian Nation
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...
Hubert Henry Harrison: Father of Harlem Radicalism
Hubert Henry Harrison (1883–1927) was a towering Caribbean-born intellectual, agitator, and educator whose life forces us to rethink the origins of Harlem radicalism, the New...
Walter Rodney: The Afrikan-Caribbean Revolutionary Scholar and Activist
“Walter Rodney was Most Rare. He is an exemplar. He belongs in that rare category of Marcus Garvey, CLR James, George Padmore and Frantz Fanon.”...
Makandal: The Haitian Maroon Leader
François Makandal (also spelled Mackandal) is a legendary figure in Haitian history. As a Maroon leader, he orchestrated one of the earliest and most sustained...
Ayiti: An Interview with Professor Bayyinah Bello
“Ayiti has been blessed to be a country where we have created all the essentials of the identity of a human. We have created our...
Joseph Phillipe Lemercier Laroche: The only Titanic victim of known African ancestry
Joseph Philippe Lemercier Laroche was the only known adult passenger of African ancestry who died on the ill‑fated voyage of the Titanic on April 15,...
Julien Fedon: Warrior of Grenada
On the night of 2nd March 1795, Julien Fédon, launched a revolution against British rule in Grenada, to abolish the Maafa. The uprising, which continued...
Ten Powerful Quotes by Kwame Ture (Stokely Carmichael)
Kwame Ture was a prominent Pan-African revolutionary who served as the Honorary Prime Minister of the Philadelphia chapter of the Black Panther Party. Born in...
Dr. Edward Scobie: An authority on the African presence in early Western Europe
“Don’t let our history die.” ~Edward Scobie Dr. Edward Vivian Scobie, author of Black Britannia: The History of Blacks in Britain, distinguished himself as a leading...