by NielsenEuellA. | May 14, 2021 | African American History, People
Robyn Rihanna Fenty is a multitalented singer, actress and fashion designer from Barbados, best known by her middle name. She was born on February 20, 1988 in Saint Michael, Barbados to Monica (Braithwaite) and Ronald Fenty. In her youth, Fenty attended Charles F....
by HunterVirgillo | Jun 9, 2019 | Concepts, Global African History
Although persons of African ancestry had resided in Great Britain since the time of the Roman conquest, their numbers and influence increased dramatically in the years immediately after World War II. On June 22, 1948 the HMT Empire Windrush, carrying over a thousand...
by AhmedNeima | Nov 4, 2018 | African American History, People
Richard A. Harewood was a prominent lawyer, state representative, and judge in Chicago, Illinois. He was born on June 25th, 1900 in Barbados, British West Indies and raised there until he was seven years old. His father who was a soldier in the British Colonial Army,...
by MaguireLea | Apr 1, 2018 | African American History, People
Hilton Als is an American writer and art critic who was born in 1960 in Brooklyn, New York, the child of two Barbados immigrants. Raised by his mother with his five siblings, four sisters and one brother, he studied art history at Columbia University but dropped out...
by MomoduSamuel | Aug 13, 2017 | Events, Global African History
Bussa Emancipation Statue, Bridgetown, Barbados Image Ownership: Public domain The Bussa Rebellion was the largest slave revolt in the history of Barbados. The rebellion took its name from the African-born slave, Bussa, who led the uprising. The Bussa Rebellion was...
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