

This love affair began when I was a child and felt a great pride (rather than shame) in our people’s survival of the Maafa (slavery). It’s the reason Kentake Page is a love affair. Not through murder, not through theft, not by way of violence.” Sometimes I am in a sentimental mood. Indeed, “I find, in being Black, a thing of beauty, a joy, a strength, a secret cup of gladness.” (Ossie Davis) African people never stole the land of others. I want to talk about journeys and love that grows mightily when one takes a penetrating look at the African/Black experience. By Meserette Kentake, Kentake Page Sometimes, I want to shout out to the world about the deep love I carry within me for those men and women who are bright lights of history in our dark oppressive world of racism/European supremacy.
