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“Marie Couvent was the first [Black] woman to set the example of an enlightened charity, and that for...

“In such a wild country as Africa one does not go far without adventures. The traveler necessarily sees...

Juan Garrido was an African-Spanish conquistador, who is the first documented Black person to arrive in the United States. African by birth, he went to Portugal as a young man, and...

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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…

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