A fascinating fusion of two literary models of the nineteenth century, the sentimental novel and the historical (slave)...
Middle Passage (1990) is a historical novel by Charles R. Johnson about the final voyage of an illegal...
At the age of seven, Tituba watched as her mother was hanged for daring to wound a plantation owner who tried to rape her. She was raised from then on by...
The Bondwoman’s Narrative tells the story of Hannah Crafts, a young enslaved woman working on a wealthy North...
“In all of us there is a hunger, marrow deep, to know our heritage – to know who...
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…
