Margaret Busby

Margaret Yvonne Busby, CBE, Hon. FRSL (be dɔɣi so 1944), ka be lahi mi o Nana Akufu Ackon, nyɛla Ghana sabi sabira, sabiri maana, sabira ni lahabali wuligira, m-be UK. O daa nyela Britain sasabiriba bia sani kalahi nyɛ tuuli gbansabli paɣa ŋun nyɛ sasabira UK tiŋgbani.

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Margaret Yvonne Busby nyɛla bɛ ni daa dɔɣi so yuuni 1944 ni ,"Order of the British Empire | Dr. Margaret Yvonne Busby" , The London Gazette, 31 December 2005, SUPPLEMENT No. 1, p. N9.  bɛ daa dɔɣi o latiŋyuli booni Accra n be Gold Coast ( zɔŋɔ din pa nyɛ Ghana ŋɔ la ).  O laambi n daa nyɛ Dr George Busby mini  Mrs Sarah Busby (née Christian), ban zaa daŋ nyɛ din chirigitabi ni Caribbean ni , di bahi bahindila  Trinidad, Barbados n ti pahi  Dominica. O ba Dr. Busby bɛ ni daa dɔɣi so yuuni  1899 ka o daa kani yuuni 1980 ka nyɛ ŋun yina  Barbados zuliya ni na la Vincent 'Boo' Nurse, "Barbadian Doctor/Philanthropist honoured in London" , Barbados Today, 12 March 2020.  nyɛla ŋun zɔ gaŋ daa nyɛ Kwame Nkrumah's mentor George PadmoreCameron Duodu, "Edward Wilmot Blyden, grandfather of African liberation" , Pambazuka News, Issue 538, 6 July 2011.  ka nyɛ ŋun chaŋ shikuru la  Trinidad tingbanni o mini C. L. R. James shikuru yuli booni Queen's Royal College, ka daa niŋ nasara n di Island Scholarship la . Ka lala ŋɔ daa ti o sɔli ka o chaŋ Britain n ti bɔhim dɔɣita tali tuma, yuuni  1919 ni .Shereen Ali, "Sharing our Voices", Trinidad and Tobago Guardian, 29 April 2015. . O ni daa pun chaŋ shikuru yuli booni  Edinburgh University la n ti bɔhim,  George Busby nyɛla ŋun daa kpuɣi napoŋ n lahi chaŋ shikuru yuli booni University College, Dublin, ni o ti daagi o dɔɣita tali tuma maa wuliwuli n daa leegi Dɔɣiti n be  Walthamstow, London, "Dr George Busby Plaque Unveiling"  (video), 14 April 2020.  Poi ka o daa labi na n ti ʒini Gold Coast yuuni 1929 ni .Tony Martin, The Progress of the African Race Since Emancipation and Prospects for the Future , Port-of-Spain: Emancipation Support Committee/Dover, MA: The Majority Press, 1998, pp. 8–9."Blue Plaque Honouring Dr George Alfred Busby father of Margaret Busby to be Unveiled Mar 9" , Alt A Review, March 2020. O ma yili polo, o ŋahibi n nyɛ  BBC lahibali tiri yuli booni  Moira Stuart.The Literator, "Cover Stories: Sue Freestone; Margaret Busby; Zadie Smith", The Independent, 16 June 2006.Thomson Fontaine, "George James Christian: Pioneer in Africa" , TheDominican.net, Volume No. 1, Issue No. 32, 27 November 2002.Gary Crosby, "RIP Ken Gordon (1927–2013)" , 9 November 2013.  O yabi doo n daa nyɛ  Dominica-born George James Christian ka bɛ daa dɔɣi o  yuuni 1869 ni ka o daa kani yuuni 1940 ni ,Stephen Owoahene Acheampong, "Book Review: Returned Exile: A Biography of George James Christian of Dominica and the Gold Coast, 1869-1940" , Contemporary Journal of African Studies 4(2):179, June 2017. ka nyɛ ŋun daa nyɛ delegate n be  First Pan-African Conference, n ti London, yuuni  1900,Lester Lewis, "Pan Africans On The Rise Again" , RaceandHistory.com, 23 January 2001.Marika Sherwood, Origins of Pan-Africanism: Henry Sylvester Williams, Africa, and the African Diaspora , Routledge, 2011, p. 336, note 13. ka daa nyɛ ŋun zo n kuli  Gold Coast tingbanni  yuuni  1902.Dr Glenville Ashby, "A Defining Moment In Black History" , The Gleaner, 30 April 2017.

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 Yuuni 1970: Society of Young Publishers Award.Black Power: Photographs by Donald MacLellan , National Portrait Gallery.
 Yuuni 1977: Featured in Mayotte Magnus exhibition Women, photographs of eminent British women, at London's National Portrait Gallery, reprised in 2018 as Illuminating Women."Mayotte Magnus: Photographs of Women" , National Portrait Gallery 21 October to 11 December 1977."Judi! Edna! Glenda! Women who lit up the 70s – in pictures" , The Guardian, 16 October 2018.Tim Keane, "Photographing the Women of British Art" , Hyperallergic, 19 January 2019.
 Yuuni 1993: Pandora Award from Women in Publishing.
 Yuuni 1998: Honorary Member of Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA) International Region.AKA International Region  at Sigma Theta Omega chapter.
 yuuni 1999: Race in the Media Award for radio play Minty Alley.
 Yuuni 1999: Enstooled as Nana Akua Ackon, of Bentsir No. 1 Asafo company, Oguaa (Cape Coast) – the first of seven traditional warrior groups established to protect the area., EMMA (Ethnic Multicultural Media Academy).Aida Edemariam, "Margaret Busby: how Britain's first black female publisher revolutionised literature – and never gave up" , The Guardian, 22 October 2020.
 Yuuni 2004: Open University Honorary Doctorate"Doctor of the University 1973–2011" , Honorary Degree Awards 1973–2011. for Services to the Arts and Sciences.
 Yuuni 2004: Featured in "A Great Day in London" photograph at the British Library among 50 Black and Asian writers who have made major contributions to British literature.Andrea Levy, "Made in Britain. To celebrate the impact of their different perspectives, 50 writers of Caribbean, Asian and African descent gathered to be photographed. Andrea Levy reports on a great day for literature" , The Guardian, 18 September 2004.Kevin Le Gendre, "Books: A great day for a family get together; Who are the movers and shakers in black British writing? And can they all fit on one staircase?", The Independent on Sunday, 17 October 2004.
 Yuuni 2006: Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for services to Literature and to Publishing., Government News.
 Yuuni 2011: Honorary Fellowship, Queen Mary, University of London.Honorary Fellows , Queen Mary, University of London.
 Yuuni 2015: Henry Swanzy Award for Distinguished Service to Caribbean Letters, NGC Bocas Lit Fest, Trinidad."Margaret Busby, OBE" (Biography) , NGC Bocas Lit Fest."Bocas Henry Swanzy Award for Distinguished Service to Caribbean Letters" , NGC Bocas Lit Fest.
 Yuuni 2015: UK African Heritage High Achievers Recognition Award"UK African Heritage High Achievers Recognition Award Presentation Ceremony" , House of Amau, 30 September 2015. from the House of Amau."UK Afrikan Heritage High Achievers Award" , House of AMAU, London, 23 August 2015."Another Honour for Margaret Busby OBE" , George Padmore Institute, 20 October 2015.
 Yuuni 2015: Honorary Membership of PAWA (Pan African Writers Association) Award, Ghana.Evelyn Osagie, "Echoes of Achebe's works at writers' show" , The Nation (Nigeria), 25 November 2015.
 Yuuni 2017: Elected Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.Natasha Onwuemezi, "Rankin, McDermid and Levy named new RSL fellows" , The Bookseller, 7 June 2017.
 Yuuni 2017: Awarded the Benson Medal by the Royal Society of Literature for lifelong achievement."The Benson Medal" , Royal Society of Literature.
 Yuuni 2017: Goldsmiths University of London event "Daughter of Africa: Celebrating Margaret Busby's 50 Years in Publishing and Beyond"."Daughter of Africa: Celebrating Margaret Busby's 50 Years in Publishing and Beyond" , Goldsmiths, 1 December 2017.
 Yuuni 2018: Selected as one of University of London's 150 "Leading Women" to celebrate 150 years of women's higher education in the UK."Leading Women gather in St James's Palace to celebrate 150 years of women's higher education in the UK" , University of London, 30 January 2019.
 Yuuni 2019: Inaugural Africa Writes Lifetime Achievement Award from the Royal African Society.Olatoun Gabi-Williams, "Margaret Busby Wins Inaugural Royal African Society Africa Writes Lifetime Achievement Award in African Literature", Academia.edu, 2019.
 Yuuni 2019: Honorary doctorate from SOAS, University of London."SOAS celebrates leading figures from the world of literature, law, journalism and finance honoured at this year's graduation" , SOAS, 15 July 2019; via Asosiasi LBH APIK, 27 July 2019.
 Yuuni 2020: Honorary degree from Royal Holloway, University of London."Honorary Awardees 2020" , Staff Intranet, Royal Holloway, University of London, 1 October 2019.Emilio Costales, "Pioneering publisher Margaret Busby comes to Royal Holloway" , Royal Holloway Enterprise Hub, 15 November 2019.
 Yuuni 2020: Voted one of "100 Great Black Britons".Rhian Lubin, "Black heroes who helped shape Britain - from Queen of the Ivories to a Tudor trumpeter" , Mirror, 11 September 2020.
 Yuuni 2021: London Book Fair Lifetime Achievement Award.Ruth Comerford, "Margaret Busby wins LBF Lifetime Achievement Award" , The Bookseller, 20 May 2021."Margaret Busby to receive The London Book Fair Lifetime Achievement Award 2021" , Black History Month Magazine, 22 May 2021.
 Yuuni 2021: Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for services to publishing.Sian Bayley, "Busby and Page recognised in Queen's birthday honours list" , The Bookseller, 11 June 2021.
 Yuuni 2022: Honorary degree (DLitt) from the University of Exeter."Margaret Busby CBE, Hon. FRSL (DLitt)" , University of Exeter, June 2022.
 Yuuni 2023: Honorary Doctor of Letters from Oxford Brookes University"Oxford Brookes University announces six inspiring Honorary Graduates for September 2023" , Oxford Brookes University, 5 September 2023.
 Yuuni 2023: GUBA Awards – "Woman of Spirit Award"Leah Mahon, "GUBA Awards 2023: Black icons honoured in glittering return to the UK" , The Voice, 7 November 2023.

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