Occupation – Literary – Editor
Sheikh Muhammad Ayyad al-Tantawi (1810-1861)
Egyptian Sheikh Muhammad Ayyad al-Tantawi, one of the youngest teachers of Arabic studies in Egypt (at that time the Ottoman...
Tomáš Zmeškal (1966- )
In the Czech Republic in 2011, the literary event of the year was the publication of a novel by Afro-Czech...
Miriam Jiménez Román (1951-2020)
Miriam Esther Jiménez Román, professor, editor, archivist, curator, social theorist, author, and activist was born on June 11, 1951 in...
Katie Geneva Cannon (1950-2018)
Rev. Dr. Katie Cannon was the first African American woman to be ordained into the United Presbyterian USA denomination. Rev. Cannon was...
Maxine Case (n.d.)
Maxine Case is an accomplished novelist from Cape Town, South Africa. Her mother, Dianne Case, is an author of children’s...
Amy Jacques Garvey (1896-1973)
Amy Jacques Garvey became the second wife of famous United Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) leader Marcus Garvey in July 1922,...
