How will I ever forget you, magic leaf Tormented as I am by your taunts The prodding jeers...
In the early twentieth century, when almost the entire African continent had been carved up under European oppression,...
Rosalie Gicanda (1928–1994) was the last Queen of Rwanda, remembered as a “People’s Queen” whose life of quiet dignity ended in martyrdom during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. Rosalie Gicanda was born...
Redoshi was born in modern-day Benin and abducted from her home aged 12 before being sold as a...
Born in Africa as Oluale Kossula, he died in America in 1935 as Cudjoe Lewis. Ouale Kossula is...
“In such a wild country as Africa one does not go far without adventures. The traveler necessarily sees what is strange and wonderful, for every thing is strange.”—Paul du Chaillu Paul...
“We cannot undo the damage that was done to her. But at least we can summon the courage...
Thomas Sankara, President of Burkina Faso, murdered in a coup, aged 37, was the leader of the Burkinabe...
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, Queen Ranavalona III tried to stop...
Angelo Soliman who achieved considerable fame as a “Princely Moor” in eighteenth-century Vienna, is historically recognized by some...
Oliver Reginald Tambo was, as acting president of the African National Congress (ANC), a principal spokesman for the...
“Yaa Asantewaa The woman who fights before cannons You have accomplished great things You have done well” Yaa Asantewaa (c. 1840 – 17 October 1921) was the Queen mother of Ejisu...
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…
