Portrait

On May 8, 1902, a pyroclastic flow destroyed Saint-Pierre in Martinique, killing 30,000 people. Only one man, a Black prisoner named Louis-Auguste Cyparis, survived....

Born in the fire of Saint-Domingue and executed by guillotine during the height of the Terror, Louis Guizot became France’s first Black mayor in...

First Guadeloupean to enter Polytechnique, an unsung hero of World War I, Camille Mortenol embodies the colonial paradox: loyalty without recognition, excellence without legacy. A...

Carlota Lucumí, an enslaved woman of Yoruba origin, led one of the most powerful anti-slavery uprisings in Cuban history in 1843. From Matanzas to...

At the crossroads of Sufi mysticism and political strategy, Usman dan Fodio built the largest Islamic state in sub-Saharan Africa during the 19th century....

Portrait of Marie-Yvonne D’Almeida, founder of Autour de Mary and creator of Teranga Meet. Inspired by her African roots, she is building strong bridges...

Icon of jazz and priestess of the Black struggle, Nina Simone passed away on an April 21, leaving behind a voice that became a...

Flamboyant music icon and warrior of artistic independence, Prince passed away on 21 april 2016, but his work still burns bright. From Minneapolis to...

Once a slave, now an icon of British high society, Julius Soubise embodies the complex journeys of Black lives in 18th-century Europe. Between elegance,...