Alonso de Illescas was an Afro‑Ecuadorian leader and an icon for people of African descent in Ecuador. A...
David Walker was an outspoken African-American abolitionist and anti-Maafa (Atlantic slavery) activist. In 1829, while living in Boston,...
Robert Purvis was a radical African American abolitionist and reformer as well as a prosperous gentleman farmer and businessman. Born on August 4, 1810 in Charleston, South Carolina, Purvis was the...
Louis Delgrès was an African-Caribbean freedom fighter who led the 1802 resistance in Guadeloupe against Napoleon Bonaparte’s attempt...
Rei Amador, also known as the “General Captain of War” and “King Amador,” is a central figure in...
Denmark Vesey (1767 – July 2, 1822) was a free black who masterminded what would have been the largest Maafa (slavery) uprising in American history. A skilled carpenter, Vesey had won...
Robert Smalls was an enslaved African American who distinguished himself as a national war hero, statesman and civil-rights...
Gordon was an enslaved African-American who became an iconic figure during the Civil War, in exposing the brutality...
Solitude was born into the Maafa in Guadeloupe around 1772, the daughter of an African woman who was raped aboard a slave ship by a French sailor during the transatlantic crossing. Her...
Every day, at the Noir de Rio Museum, hundreds of people venerate an image of a Black woman...
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…
