Rei Amador, also known as the “General Captain of War” and “King Amador,” is a central figure in...
Three captive women were among the approximately 155 people accused of witchcraft in the infamous Salem witch trials...
Born into the Maafa (Atlantic trafficking and captivity) in the early 1770s, York was the only African-descended member of the Lewis and Clark expedition and the first documented African American to...
This pictorial post features a powerful 40-panel visual narrative by Haitian artist Joseph Kendy titled “Noir & Blanc”...
Olaudah Equiano was born an Igbo around 1745, in what is now eastern Nigeria. He came from a prosperous home; his father was a local elder. Kidnapped with his sister at...
Solitude was born into the Maafa in Guadeloupe around 1772, the daughter of an African woman who was raped...
“Ignorant and inexperienced, it is not strange that in the first years of our new life (after [the...
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…
