Zumbi dos Palmares: Hero of Brazil
“The legend of the Palmares quilombo and its greatest leader, Zumbi, are central to the history and ongoing struggle of Brazilians who recognize their Afrikan...
Category : Heroes of the Maafa
Carlota: Heroine of Cuba
“There was a militarily gifted and exceptionally daring woman in the front line: Carlota, of Lucumbi origin…” In 1843, Carlota Lucumí, an enslaved African woman,...
William Still: Father of the Underground Railroad
“It was my good fortune to lend a helping hand to the weary travelers flying from the land of bondage.” William Still was an African...
Sanité Bélair: The Tigress of Haiti
Sanité Bélair (born Suzanne Bélair), was a Haitian freedom fighter and revolutionary during the Haitian Revolution. Sanité, whom Dessalines described as “a tigress,” is formally...
Nat Turner: African-American Hero of the Maafa
Nathanial “Nat” Turner was the leader of a powerful Maafa (slavery) revolt in Southampton County, Virginia, in 1831. Nat Turner’s Rebellion was one of the...
Alonso de Illescas: Afro-Ecuadorian Revolutionary Leader
Alonso de Illescas was an Afro‑Ecuadorian leader and an icon for people of African descent in Ecuador. A symbol of struggle, resistance, and intelligence, Illescas was...
David Walker: Fiery Anti-Maafa Activist
David Walker was an outspoken African-American abolitionist and anti-Maafa (Atlantic slavery) activist. In 1829, while living in Boston, Massachusetts, he published An Appeal to the...
Quamina – Guyana National Hero: involved in the Demerara rebellion of 1823
Quamina Gladstone, commonly known as Quamina, was a Guyanese Coromantee captive who was the father of Jack Gladstone. Quamina and his son were involved in...
Robert Purvis: Radical African American abolitionist and reformer
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...
Louis Delgrès: Resistance leader against the Maafa in Guadeloupe
Louis Delgrès was an African-Caribbean freedom fighter who led the 1802 resistance in Guadeloupe against Napoleon Bonaparte’s attempt to restore the Maafa, and chose death...