Zadie Smiths Novel To Get TV Adaptation
ACCLAIMED BRITISH novelist Zadie Smith will have her latest novel adapted for television. Published this week, Swing Time is a novel about two girls who dream of being dancers, but only one has the...
View ArticleAdmiral Zheng He: One Of Chinas Greatest adventurer
Zheng He (1371-1435), or Cheng Ho, is China's most famous navigator. He built a total of 1622 ships and made at least seven major excursions between 1405 AD and 1430 AD. He traveled more than 50,000km...
View ArticleCai Lun, The Creator of Paper
Cai Lun was called into the Palace to serve the Emperor at the age of 15. He was smart and studied hard. Soon he was promoted to be an attending official in charge of documentation. At that time,...
View ArticleThe Year a Chinese Muslim Discovered America
According to some American historian researchers and writers, a Chinese Muslim also discovered America. The British submarine engineer and historian Gavin Menzies gave an astounding seminar on March...
View ArticleMary Anne Broome Lady Broome was an author educated in england (1831 6...
Born Mary Anne Stewart in Spanish Town Jamaica she was the eldest daughter of Walter Steward Island Secretary of Jamaica. She was educated in England and in 1852 married Captain George Robert Barker...
View ArticleLisa Appignanesi, Jessica Ayre is a Canadian British Writer of novels and films
Lisa Appignanesi is a british writer, novelist, and campaigner for free expression. She is a former President of English PEN and Chair of the Trustees of the Freud Museum in London. She studied at...
View ArticleGillian Freeman is a British writer in literature and fiction novels
She attended the University of Reading then went on to marry Edward Thorpe, novelist and ballet critic. Her non-fiction book The Undergrowth of Literature was a pioneering study of human and desire....
View ArticleBrief History of Methodist Boys High School Freetown Sierra Leone
The Methodist Boys' High School (then Wesleyan Methodist Boys' High School) was born on the 6th of April 1874 under the leadership of Rev. Joseph Claudius May as the first Principal. The founder was...
View ArticleChina's greatest adventurer, the 15th century
Admiral Zheng He Zheng He was born in 1371 in Kunyang, a town in southwest Yunnan Province. His family, named Ma, were part of a minority group known as the Semur. They originally came from Central...
View ArticleA brief History on Anti Slavery Activists Robert Wedderburn he was known to...
Robert Wedderburn in 1824. Wedderburn, The Horrors of Slavery, 1824, (British Museum). Born in Jamaica to a black woman and a plantation owner, Robert Wedderburn (17621835/36) was a Unitarian,...
View ArticleAndrew Salkey (30 January 1928 28 April 1995) was a great novelist and...
Raised in Jamaica and moved to Britain in the 1950s to pursue university education. A prolific writer and editor, he was the author of more than 30 books in the course of his career, including novels...
View ArticleSierra Leone: The late Madam Yoko (18491906), Chief of Moyamba
Madam Yoko or Mammy Yoko (ca. 18491906) was a leader of the Mende people in Sierra Leone. Combining advantageous lineage, shrewd marriage choices and the power afforded her from the secret Sande...
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A lovely Christmas birthday or just plain gift for a love one
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View ArticleUniversity Jamaica: History Of The West Indies University) At Mona Camp In...
The University of the West Indies UWI was founded at the unique Mona campus in 1939 and was first known as the Gibralta camp, because, The founding university in Jamaica was used by evacuated...
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The Cinematic Waltz: Poems Of Shadows
Sit in with a cup of coffee and read this beautiful poetry book. This is just Awesome!
View ArticleDrunk On Words reading poems from new poets
I think poetry is important for its use of language, it's about introducing new words, and sometimes you don't have to understand every word of the poem you just get a feeling for it and that's...
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