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Here you can find Le Clézio's thoughts about his African childhood and about life in remote places. [2] " L'Africain ", the story of the author’s father, is at once a reconstruction, a vindication, and the recollection of a boy who lived in the shadow of a stranger he was obliged to love.
The African is the 1964 debut novel by Sierra Leonean novelist and educator William Farquhar Conton.It was the 12th work published in Heinemann's African Writers Series.The novel's plot revolves around the romance between a black African student and a white South African woman in England.
William Wells Brown (November 6, 1814 – November 6, 1884) was an American abolitionist, novelist, playwright, and historian. Born into slavery near Mount Sterling, Kentucky , Brown escaped to Ohio in 1834 at the age of 19.
William Melvin Kelley (November 1, 1937 – February 1, 2017) was an African-American novelist and short-story writer. He is perhaps best known for his debut novel, A Different Drummer, published in 1962. [2] [3] He was also a university professor and creative writing instructor.
Thoughts on African Colonization [a] is a treatise by William Lloyd Garrison criticizing the American Colonization Society and segregation as immoral and improper. It was published in 1832 at Garrison's and Knapp's publishing company in Boston's Merchants Hall. [ 1 ]
William Loren Katz (June 2, 1927 – October 25, 2019) [1] was an American teacher, historian, and author of 40 books on African-American history, including a number of titles for young adult readers. [2] He was particularly noted for his research and writing on the 500-year history of relations between African Americans and Native Americans.
William Charles Franklyn Plomer CBE (10 December 1903 – 20 September 1973) was a South African and British novelist, poet and literary editor. He also wrote a series of librettos for Benjamin Britten .
Efforts for the Extinction of the African Slave Trade (1840) Creed of Christendom (1851) Truth versus edification (1869) On the Failure of 'Natural Selection' in the Case of Man (1868) Why are Women Redundant? (1869) The Enigmas of Life (1872) Rocks Ahead; or, the Warnings of Cassandra (1874) Prostitution (1850) Essays on Political and Social ...