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Una Maud Victoria Marson (6 February 1905 – 6 May 1965) [1] was a Jamaican feminist, activist and writer, producing poems, plays and radio programmes. She travelled to London in 1932 and became the first black woman to be employed by the BBC , during World War II . [ 2 ]
This is a list of newspapers in Jamaica: Daily Star [1] The Daily Gleaner, the oldest Jamaican daily published by Gleaner Company, founded in 1834, oldest continually published, English language newspaper in the Western Hemisphere [2] The Agriculturalist, the oldest and most consistent agricultural newspaper in the Caribbean for 28 years ...
At What A Price is a play by Jamaican feminist and writer Una Marson. [1] [2] It was co-written with her friend Horace Vaz in 1931 when Marson was 26 and first performed in Jamaica in 1932, the play was successful enough for Marson to travel to London on the profits where it would be staged at the Scala Theatre on Charlotte Street in January 1934.
Delores Gauntlett (née McAnuff) is a Jamaican poet whose work has appeared in regional and international publications. [1]Freeing her Hands to Clap was short-listed for the 2000 National Book Development Council/Una Marson Biannual Award.
This is a list of Jamaican women writers, including women writers either from or associated with Jamaica ... Una Marson (1905–1965) Kara Miller (living)
In 1826, two free coloureds, Edward Jordan and Robert Osborn, founded The Watchman, which openly campaigned for the rights of free coloureds, and became Jamaica's first anti-slavery newspaper. In 1830, Jamaican colonial authorities arrested Jordan, the editor, and charged him with constructive treason .
This is a list of Jamaican writers, including writers either from or associated with Jamaica ... Una Marson (1905–1965) Brian Meeks (born 1953) Kara Miller (living)
Henry Swanzy (14 June 1915 – 19 March 2004) was an Anglo-Irish radio producer in Britain's BBC General Overseas Service who is best known for his role in promoting West Indian literature particularly through the programme Caribbean Voices, where in 1946 he took over from Una Marson, the programme's first producer.