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.

## O Shikuri mini o piligu
Margaret Yvonne Busby nyɛla bɛ ni daa dɔɣi so yuuni 1944 ni ,  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   nyɛla ŋun zɔ gaŋ daa nyɛ Kwame Nkrumah's mentor George Padmore  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 . 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,   Poi ka o daa labi na n ti ʒini Gold Coast yuuni 1929 ni . O ma yili polo, o ŋahibi n nyɛ  BBC lahibali tiri yuli booni  Moira Stuart.  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 , ka nyɛ ŋun daa nyɛ delegate n be  First Pan-African Conference, n ti London, yuuni  1900, ka daa nyɛ ŋun zo n kuli  Gold Coast tingbanni  yuuni  1902.

## O sasabiri tuma

## O sabu, maliniŋ ni lahabaya wuligibu

## O kpaŋmaŋ pina nima

* Yuuni 1970: Society of Young Publishers Award.
* 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*.
* Yuuni 1993: Pandora Award from Women in Publishing.
* Yuuni 1998: Honorary Member of Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA) International Region.
* 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.
* Yuuni 2004: Open University Honorary Doctorate 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.
* Yuuni 2006: Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for services to Literature and to Publishing.
* Yuuni 2011: Honorary Fellowship, Queen Mary, University of London.
* Yuuni 2015: Henry Swanzy Award for Distinguished Service to Caribbean Letters, NGC Bocas Lit Fest, Trinidad.
* Yuuni 2015: UK African Heritage High Achievers Recognition Award from the House of Amau.
* Yuuni 2015: Honorary Membership of PAWA (Pan African Writers Association) Award, Ghana.
* Yuuni 2017: Elected Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
* Yuuni 2017: Awarded the Benson Medal by the Royal Society of Literature for lifelong achievement.
* Yuuni 2017: Goldsmiths University of London event "Daughter of Africa: Celebrating Margaret Busby's 50 Years in Publishing and Beyond".
* 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.
* Yuuni 2019: Inaugural Africa Writes Lifetime Achievement Award from the Royal African Society.
* Yuuni 2019: Honorary doctorate from SOAS, University of London.
* Yuuni 2020: Honorary degree from Royal Holloway, University of London.
* Yuuni 2020: Voted one of "100 Great Black Britons".
* Yuuni 2021: London Book Fair Lifetime Achievement Award.
* Yuuni 2021: Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for services to publishing.
* Yuuni 2022: Honorary degree (DLitt) from the University of Exeter.
* Yuuni 2023: Honorary Doctor of Letters from Oxford Brookes University
* Yuuni 2023: GUBA Awards – "Woman of Spirit Award"

## Maan lihimi ŋɔ nim yaha

* Jessica Huntley
* John La Rose

## Kundivihira