Margaret Busby CBE,Hon. FRSL
Busby in February 2019
Born	Margaret Yvonne Busby 1944 (age 80–81) Accra,Gold Coast (nowGhana)
Other names	Nana Akua Ackon
Alma mater	Bedford College, London University
Occupations	Publisher editor writer broadcaster
Notable work	Daughters of Africa (1992) New Daughters of Africa (2019)
Relatives	Moira Stuart (cousin) Phyllis Christian (cousin) Clara Marguerite Christian (aunt) Essi Matilda Forster (aunt) Kathryn Busby (niece)
Busby's voice recorded February 2019

Margaret Yvonne Busby,CBE, Hon.FRSL (born 1944), also known asNana Akua Ackon, is aGhanaian-born publisher,editor, writer and broadcaster, resident in theUK. She was Britain's then youngest publisher as well as the first black female book publisher in the UK^[1][2] when she and Clive Allison (1944–2011) co-founded^[3] the London-based publishing houseAllison and Busby (A & B) in the 1960s.^[4] She edited the anthologyDaughters of Africa (1992), and its 2019 follow-upNew Daughters of Africa.^[5] She is a recipient of theBenson Medal from theRoyal Society of Literature.^[6] In 2020, she was voted one of the "100 Great Black Britons".^[7] In 2021, she was honoured with theLondon Book Fair Lifetime Achievement Award.^[8] In 2023, Busby was named as president ofEnglish PEN.

Margaret Yvonne Busby was born in 1944,^[9][10][11] inAccra,Gold Coast (present-day Ghana). Her parents were Dr George Busby and Mrs Sarah Busby (née Christian), who both had family links to the Caribbean, particularly toTrinidad,Barbados andDominica. Her Barbados-born father, Dr Busby (1899–1980)^[12][13] was a lifelong friend ofKwame Nkrumah's mentorGeorge Padmore^[14] and attended school in Trinidad withC. L. R. James atQueen's Royal College, winning the Island Scholarship. This, in turn, enabled him to travel to Britain to study medicine, in 1919.^[15] After initial studies atEdinburgh University, George Busby transferred toUniversity College, Dublin, to complete his medical qualifications, and then practised as a doctor inWalthamstow,London (where there is ablue plaque in his honour),^[16] before relocating to settle in the Gold Coast in 1929.^[17][18] Through her maternal line, she is a cousin ofBBC newscasterMoira Stuart.^[19][20][21] Her grandfather was Dominica-born George James Christian (1869–1940),^[22] a delegate at theFirst Pan-African Conference, in London, in 1900,^[23][24] who migrated to the Gold Coast in 1902.^[25][26]

Her parents sent their three children to be educated in England, when Busby was five. She and her sister first attended a school in theLake District, followed by Charters Towers School, an international girls' boarding-school inBexhill-on-Sea,Sussex.^[27][28] After passing herO-levels there, aged 14, Busby left school at 15,^[29] went back to Ghana and took herA-levels at 16,^[30] then spent a year at a college in Cambridge so as not to begin university too young.^[28] From the age of 17, she studied English atBedford College,London University,^[31][28] where she edited her college literary magazine, as well as publishing her own poetry. She graduated with a BA Honours degree, at the age of 20.^[32] She was married to British jazz musician and educator,Lionel Grigson (1942–1994).^[3]

While still at university, she met her future business partner, Clive Allison, at a party inBayswater Road,^[33] and they decided to start a publishing company.^[3][34] After graduating, Busby briefly worked at theCresset Press – part of theBarrie Group – while setting upAllison and Busby (A & B), whose first books were published in 1967,^[35] making her the then youngest publisher as well as the first African woman book publisher in the UK – an achievement she has assessed by saying: "[I]t is easy enough to be the first, we can each try something and be the first woman or the first African woman to do X, Y or Z. But, if it's something worthwhile you don't want to be the only. ...I hope that I can, in any way, inspire someone to do what I have done but learn from my mistakes and do better than I have done."^[36]

She was Allison & Busby's Editorial Director for 20 years,^[37] publishing many notable authors includingSam Greenlee (author ofThe Spook Who Sat by the Door, the first novel published by A & B, in 1969),^[38][39]C. L. R. James,^[40]Buchi Emecheta,^[41][42]Chester Himes,George Lamming,Roy Heath,Ishmael Reed,John Edgar Wideman,Nuruddin Farah,Rosa Guy,Val Wilmer,Colin MacInnes,H. Rap Brown,Julius Lester,Geoffrey Grigson,Edward Blishen,Dermot Healy,Adrian Mitchell,Matthew Sweeney,Jill Murphy,Christine Qunta,Michael Horovitz,Alexandra Kollontai,Gordon Williams,Alan Burns,Carlos Moore,Michèle Roberts,Molefe Pheto,Arthur Maimane,Maurice Nyagumbo,Giles Gordon,Claire Rayner,Clive Sinclair,Mineke Schipper,Chris Searle,Richard Stark,James Ellroy,Hunter S. Thompson,Margaret Thomson Davis,B. Traven,Alexis Lykiard,Tom Mallin,Jack Trevor Story,Michael Moorcock,Mervyn Peake,John Clute,Julian Savarin,Ralph de Boissière,Andrew Salkey,Harriet E. Wilson, andMiyamoto Musashi.^[33][27]

Busby was subsequently editorial director ofEarthscan (publishing titles byHan Suyin,Frantz Fanon,Albert Memmi,René Dumont,Carolina Maria de Jesus, and others),^[37] before pursuing a freelance career as an editor, writer, and critic, from the early 1990s.^[43]

As a journalist, she has written forThe Guardian (mainly book reviews^{[44][45][46][47]} or obituaries of artists and activists includingJessica Huntley,Buzz Johnson,Jayne Cortez,Jan Carew,Rosa Guy,Gwendolyn Brooks,June Jordan,Toni Cade Bambara,Florynce Kennedy,Barry Reckord,Frank Crichlow,Connie Mark,Glenn Thompson,August Wilson,Pearl Connor-Mogotsi,Geraldine Connor,Binyavanga Wainaina,bell hooks andBiyi Bandele),^[48]The Observer,^[49]The Independent,^[50]The Sunday Times,^[51] theNew Statesman,^[52] and elsewhere, for both the general press and specialist journals.^[27][53]

Hamish Hamilton published a collection of Busby's collected writings, in 2025.^[54]

Busby compiledDaughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Words and Writings by Women of African Descent from the Ancient Egyptian to the Present (London: Cape, 1992),^[55][56] described byBlack Enterprise as "a landmark", which includes contributions in a range of genres by more than 200 women.^[57] Widely reviewed on publication,^[58][59] it is now characterised as containing work by "the matriarchs of African literature. They pioneered 'African' writing, in which they were not simply writing stories about their families, communities and countries, but they were also writing themselves into the African literary history and African historiography. They claimed space for women storytellers in the written form, and in some sense reclaimed the woman's role as the creator and carrier of many African societies' narratives, considering that the traditional storytelling session was a women's domain."^[60]

Busby edited a 2019 follow-up volume entitledNew Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Writing by Women of African Descent (first published byMyriad Editions in the UK), featuring another 200-plus writers from across the African diaspora.^{[6][61][62][63][64]} A reviewer inThe Irish Times commented: "Sometimes you need an anthology to remind you of the variety, strength and nuance of writing among a certain region or group of people.New Daughters of Africa is indispensable because African voices have been silenced or diminished throughout history, and women's voices even more so."^[65]

Connected with the 2019 anthology, the "Margaret BusbyNew Daughters of Africa Award" was announced by the publisher, in partnership withSOAS, University of London, to benefit an African woman student,^{[66][67][68][69]} covering tuition fees and accommodation atInternational Students House, London.^[70][71] The first recipient of the award was Kenyan studentIdza Luhumyo, who began her course in autumn 2020,^[72][73] and went on to win the 2022Caine Prize for African Writing.^[74]

Busby has contributed to books includingColours of a New Day: Writing for South Africa (edsSarah LeFanu and Stephen Hayward, 1990),Mothers: Reflections by Daughters (ed. Joanna Goldsworthy, 1995),^[75]IC3: The Penguin Book of New Black Writing in Britain (edsKadija Sesay andCourttia Newland, 2000),^[76]Why 2K? Anthology for a New Era (2000),The Legacy of Efua Sutherland (2007),Essays in Honour of Ama Ata Aidoo at 70 (2012),^[77]99 words (ed. Liz Gray, 2011),^[78]Black British Perspectives: A Series of Conversations on Black Art Forms (ed. Kadija Sesay, 2011),^[79]James Barnor: Ever Young (2015),^[80]If I Could Tell You Just One Thing...: Encounters with Remarkable People and Their Most Valuable Advice (byRichard Reed, 2016),^[81][82]Slay in Your Lane: The Black Girl Bible (byElizabeth Uviebinené andYomi Adegoke, 2018),^[83] and Chris Fite-Wassilak'sThe Artist in Time (July 2020).^[84][85]

In 2014, Busby co-authored with Ishmahil BlagroveCarnival: A Photographic and Testimonial History of the Notting Hill Carnival.^[86] Among other books for which she has written introductions or forewords are thePenguin Modern Classics edition ofA Question of Power byBessie Head,Emerging Perspectives on Buchi Emecheta (ed. Marie Umeh, 1996),Beyond Words: South African Poetics (withKeorapetse Kgositsile,Don Mattera,Lebo Mashile andPhillippa Yaa de Villiers, 2009),^[87] andTo Sweeten Bitter (2017) byRaymond Antrobus.^[88] WithDarcus Howe, Busby co-editedC.L.R. James's 80th Birthday Lectures (Race Today Publications, 1984),^[89] and she is co-editor with Beverley Mason FRSA ofNo Colour Bar: Black British Art in Action 1960–1990, a 2018 publication arising out of the 2015–16 exhibitionNo Colour Bar held at theGuildhall Art Gallery.^[90][91] The 2023 volumeEmpire Windrush: Reflections on 75 Years & More of the Black British Experience, edited byOnyekachi Wambu, includes a Preface by Busby,^[92] as doesBlazing Trails (2023) byGus John.^[93]

Busby was a prominent participant in the major 2019 exhibitionGet Up, Stand Up Now: Generations of Black Creative Pioneers atSomerset House,^[94][95] and contributed an introductory essay for the catalogue,^[96][97] as well as participating in events there.^[98]

Busby has regularly worked for radio and television since the late 1960s, when she presented the magazine programmeLondon Line for theCentral Office of Information,^[99] as well asBreak For Women on theBBC African Service,^[35] and laterTalking Africa onSpectrum Radio, in addition to appearing on a range of programmes includingKaleidoscope,Front Row,Open Book,Woman's Hour, andDemocracy Now! (USA).^[15]

Her abridgements and dramatisations forBBC Radio include books byC. L. R. James,^[100]Jean Rhys,^[101]Wole Soyinka,^[102]Timothy Mo,^[103]Sam Selvon,^[104]Walter Mosley,^[105]Henry Louis Gates,^[106]Lawrence Scott^[107] andSimi Bedford.^[108] Busby's play based on C. L. R. James's novelMinty Alley, and produced byPam Fraser Solomon, was first broadcast onBBC Radio 4 in 1998,^[109][110] winning aCommission for Racial Equality "Race in the Media Award" (RIMA) in 1999.^[111][112] In October 2003, BBC Radio 4'sWoman's Hour broadcast Busby's five-part serialYaa Asantewaa, also directed by Fraser Solomon.^[113][114]

Busby was a member of Penumbra Productions, an independent production company, with other members includingHorace Ové,H. O. Nazareth,Farrukh Dhondy,Mustapha Matura,Michael Abbensetts andLindsay Barrett, among whose projects was a series of films based on lectures by C. L. R. James in the 1980s.^{[115][116][117]}

Her writing for the stage includesSankofa (1999),^[118]Yaa Asantewaa – Warrior Queen (UK/Ghana, 2001–02),^{[119][120][121][122]} directed byGeraldine Connor,^{[123][124][125]} andAn African Cargo (about theZong massacre), directed by Felix Cross forNitrobeat and staged atGreenwich Theatre in 2007, among events marking the bicentenary of theSlave Trade Act 1807.^{[126][127][128][129][130]} Her work as a dramatist has been characterised as "aim[ing] to recuperate events and people marginalized by Western historiography, to centre indigenous African performance traditions, and to highlight African heroism (Yaa Asantewa) and African suffering at the hands of whites (An African Cargo)."^[131]

Busby has also been a song lyricist,^[132][133] acknowledged by singerNorma Winstone.^[134][135]

In 2014, following the death ofMaya Angelou, Busby scripted a major tribute entitledMaya Angelou: A Celebration,^[136] which took place on 5 October at theRoyal Festival Hall during theSouthbank Centre's London Literature Festival; directed byPaulette Randall, and chaired byJon Snow andMoira Stuart, the celebration featured contributions from artists includingAdjoa Andoh,Angel Coulby,Chiwetel Ejiofor,Nicola Hughes, Ella Odedina, NITROvox,Roderick Williams andAyanna Witter-Johnson.^{[137][138][139][140]}

InJune 2021, Busby appeared onBBC Radio 4'sDesert Island Discs, with her choices of music including "7 Seconds" byYoussou N'Dour andNeneh Cherry,David Rudder's "Haiti I Am Sorry", and "My Baby Just Cares For Me" byNina Simone.^[141][142]

She has worked continuously for diversity within the publishing industry, writing in a 1984 article in theNew Statesman: "Is it enough to respond to a demand for books reflecting the presence of 'ethnic minorities' while perpetuating a system which does not actively encourage their involvement at all levels? The reality is that the appearance and circulation of books supposedly produced with these communities in mind is usually dependent on what the dominant white (male) community, which controls schools, libraries, bookshops and publishing houses, will permit."^[143] In the 1980s, she was a founding member of the organization Greater Access to Publishing (GAP),^[2][35][144] which engaged in campaigns for increased Black representation in British publishing.^[145][146] Other members of this multi-racial group, which held a conference in November 1987 particularly to highlight publishing as an option for Black women,^[147] includedLennie Goodings, Maggie Scott,Ros de Lanerolle, Yvonne Collymore, Paula Kahn, Toks Williams, Kothai Christie, and Jacqui Roach.^[148]

Busby was the patron of Independent Black Publishers (IBP), a trade association chaired byVerna Wilkins.^{[37][149][150]} The aim of IBP, as Busby was quoted as saying, was to "provide a forum for progressive black publishers to share initiatives, maximise mutual strengths and identify common difficulties, with a view to having a more effective impact on the book trade and the wider publishing industry", and in 2007 at theLondon Book Fair a joint IBP stand showcased the books ofBogle-L'Ouverture Press,Tamarind Books, the X Press, Ayebia Clarke Publishing,Joan Anim-Addo's Mango Publishing,^[151] and other ventures.^[152] In a 2012 interview with Tricia Wombell, Busby said: "It is important to document and celebrate the achievements of many of our Black creatives (…) so that they do not get written out of history simply because their importance may not be recognised by the mainstream."^[153]

In August 2010, at theUniversity of the Western Cape, she delivered a lecture in memory of assassinated South African political activistDulcie September (1935–1988).^{[154][155][156]}

Busby has been a participant in numerous literary festivals and conferences internationally – in 1993, she gave the opening address at theInternational Book Fair of Radical Black and Third World Books^[157][158] – and has interviewed and been "in conversation" with such noted writers asToni Morrison,^[159]Maya Angelou,^[160]Ama Ata Aidoo,^[161][162]Wole Soyinka,^[163]Nawal El Saadawi,^[164][165]Ngugi wa Thiong'o.^[166] andBen Okri.^[167]

Busby was appointed chair of the 2020Booker Prize judges, other members of the panel includingLee Child,Sameer Rahim,Lemn Sissay, andEmily Wilson.^{[168][169][170]} Busby has previously judged several other literary competitions, among them theCaine Prize for African Writing,^[171] theOrange Prize, theIndependent Foreign Fiction Prize,^[172] theWasafiri New Writing Prize,^[173] theOCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature,^[174] theCommonwealth Book Prize (for which she was chair of the judges in 2012, when the winner wasShehan Karunatilaka),^[175] theHay Festival initiativeAfrica39,^[176][177] and theWole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa (chair of judges, 2018).^[178][179] In 2021, she served as a judge in the Trade category of theBritish Book Awards,^[180] and in 2022 judged thePEN Pinter Prize alongsideRuth Borthwick andDaniel Hahn.^[181]

She has served on the boards or in advisory positions for other cultural organisations, including the Drum Arts Centre (co-founded in 1973 byCy Grant),^[182]The Africa Centre, London,English PEN, theRoyal Literary Fund, the African & Caribbean Music Circuit, theHackney Empire theatre, theOrganization of Women Writers of Africa,^[183] theEtisalat Prize for Literature (as patron, alongsideAma Ata Aidoo,Dele Olojede,Ellah Allfrey,Kole Omotoso andZakes Mda),^[184][185]Nubian Jak Community Trust, andWasafiri magazine.^[186] She is currently a trustee of jazz education organizationTomorrow's Warriors,^[187][188] and Prize Ambassador of theSI Leeds Literary Prize.^[37] She is a patron ofFriends of the Huntley Archives at London Metropolitan Archives (FHALMA), a charitable foundation building on the archival legacy ofJessica Huntley and Eric Huntley, co-founders of the publishing houseBogle-L'Ouverture Publications.^[189]

In August 2022, Busby headlined theBerlin African Book Festival (curated byLidudumalingani Mqombothi with the theme "Yesterday. Today. Tomorrow"),^[190] delivering the keynote address.^{[191][192][193]}

In March 2024, she gave the keynote address at opening of the Johannesburg Festival of Women Writers, founded byBarbara Masekela, and hosted by theJohannesburg Institute for Advanced Study at theUniversity of Johannesburg,^[194][195] which was on the theme "Mothers and Daughters: An Intergenerational Conversation".^[196][197] In the same month, she also participated in the 27th Time of the Writer Festival inDurban, South Africa.^[198]

In 2018, in celebration of the 100th anniversary of women's right to vote,The Voice newspaper listed Margaret Busby – alongsideKathleen Wrasama,Olive Morris,Connie Mark,Fanny Eaton,Diane Abbott,Lilian Bader, andMary Seacole – among eight Black women who have contributed to the development of Britain.^[199]Bustle magazine included Busby withMary Prince,Claudia Jones,Evelyn Dove, Olive Morris,Olivette Otele, andShirley Thompson on a list of "7 Black British Women Throughout History That Deserve To Be Household Names In 2019".^[200] Busby was also named by theEvening Standard on a list of 14 "Inspirational black British women throughout history" (alongside Mary Seacole, Claudia Jones,Adelaide Hall, Olive Morris,Joan Armatrading,Tessa Sanderson,Doreen Lawrence,Maggie Aderin-Pocock,Sharon White,Malorie Blackman, Diane Abbott,Zadie Smith andConnie Mark).^[201]

Also in 2018, she was among 150 "Leading Women" celebrated by theUniversity of London to mark the 150 years since women gained access to higher education in the UK in 1868,^[202] and featured in the exhibitionRights for Women: London's Pioneers in their Own Words staged atSenate House Library from 16 July to 15 December 2018.^[203]

In July 2019, she was awarded the inaugural Africa Writes Lifetime Achievement Award, presented to her at theBritish Library during theRoyal African Society's annual literary weekend byAde Solanke andDiane Abbott as part of the festival headline event celebrating Busby's anthologyNew Daughters of Africa.^{[204][205][206][207]}

Busby is frequently cited as a pioneer in the history of Black publishers in the UK,^{[208][209][210]} and is acknowledged as a "pathfinder" by those who followed in her footsteps working towards making the books industry and its output more diverse, among themBibi Bakare-Yusuf (who when speaking of foundingCassava Republic Press said: "Inspirational figures in publishing such as Margaret Busby, co-founder ofAllison & Busby, were our guide"),^[211]Ellah Wakatama Allfrey,^[212]Valerie Brandes ofJacaranda Books,^[213] Sharmaine Lovegrove of Dialogue Books,^[214] andAki Schilz ofThe Literary Consultancy.^[215]

InUK Black History Month 2019,Zadie Smith said that Busby "has been a cheerleader, instigator, organiser, defender and celebrator of black arts for the past 50 years, shouting about us from the rooftops, even back when few people cared to listen. 'We can because she did' is a cliché but in Margaret's case it is both true and no exaggeration. She helped change the landscape of both UK publishing and arts coverage and so many Black British artists owe her a debt. I know I do."^[216]Afua Hirsch described Busby's impact on her career by saying that "as a black woman trying to find my own voice, [Margaret] has been endlessly interested, supportive and enthusiastic about helping a generation like me find our place and our ability to make change through writing."^[217]

Busby was named on the 2020 list of100 Great Black Britons, voted on by the public and with a scope of 400 years.^[7][218]

In May 2021 she was announced as the recipient of theLondon Book Fair Lifetime Achievement Award 2021,^[219] which was presented to her byBernardine Evaristo in September atThe Hurlingham Club.^{[220][221][222]}

Busby was appointedCommander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the2021 Birthday Honours for services to publishing.^[223] She was quoted in theHackney Gazette as saying: "Well, I know I did not fall from the sky; whenever I am offered any such award, my accepting it is also on behalf of and to acknowledge everyone who made me what I am, and those whom I have worked with along the way - so I gladly share this recognition with many others who deserve equally to be honoured for contributing excellence in countless spheres of work."^[224]

She has been awarded a number of honorary degrees including from theOpen University,^[225]SOAS,^[226] and fromRoyal Holloway, where the conferral took place in June 2021 with the oration being given by ProfessorLavinia Greenlaw.^[227] In June 2022, Busby also received an honorary doctorate from theUniversity of Exeter.^[228]

In April 2023, Busby was appointed president ofEnglish PEN, succeedingPhilippe Sands in the role.^{[229][230][231]}

• 1970:Society of Young Publishers Award.^[232]
• 1977: Featured inMayotte Magnus exhibitionWomen, photographs of eminent British women, at London'sNational Portrait Gallery, reprised in 2018 asIlluminating Women.^{[233][234][235]}
• 1993: Pandora Award^[232] fromWomen in Publishing.
• 1998: Honorary Member ofAlpha Kappa Alpha (AKA) International Region.^[236]
• 1999:Race in the Media Award for radio playMinty Alley.^[15]
• 1999:Enstooled asNana Akua Ackon, of Bentsir No. 1Asafo company, Oguaa (Cape Coast) – the first of seven traditional warrior groups established to protect the area.^[237][238]
• 2004:Open University Honorary Doctorate^[239] for Services to the Arts and Sciences.
• 2004: Featured in "A Great Day in London" photograph at theBritish Library among 50 Black and Asian writers who have made major contributions to British literature.^[240][241]
• 2006:Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for services to Literature and to Publishing.^[9][242]
• 2011: Honorary Fellowship,Queen Mary, University of London.^[243]
• 2015:Henry Swanzy Award for Distinguished Service to Caribbean Letters, NGC Bocas Lit Fest, Trinidad.^[244][245]
• 2015: UK African Heritage High Achievers Recognition Award^[246] from the House of Amau.^[247][248]
• 2015: Honorary Membership of PAWA (Pan African Writers Association) Award, Ghana.^[249]
• 2017: Elected HonoraryFellow of the Royal Society of Literature.^[250][251]
• 2017: Awarded theBenson Medal by the Royal Society of Literature for lifelong achievement.^[252]
• 2017:Goldsmiths University of London event "Daughter of Africa: Celebrating Margaret Busby's 50 Years in Publishing and Beyond".^[253]
• 2018: Selected as one of University of London's 150 "Leading Women" to celebrate 150 years of women's higher education in the UK.^[254]
• 2019: Inaugural Africa Writes Lifetime Achievement Award from theRoyal African Society.^[255]
• 2019: Honorary doctorate fromSOAS, University of London.^[256]
• 2020: Honorary degree fromRoyal Holloway, University of London.^[257][258]
• 2020: Voted one of "100 Great Black Britons".^[259]
• 2021:London Book Fair Lifetime Achievement Award.^[260][261]
• 2021:Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for services to publishing.^[223][262]
• 2022: Honorary degree (DLitt) from theUniversity of Exeter.^[263]
• 2023: Honorary Doctor of Letters fromOxford Brookes University^[264]
• 2023:GUBA Awards – "Woman of Spirit Award"^[265]

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• Shereen Ali,"Sharing our Voices",Trinidad and Tobago Guardian, 29 April 2015.
• John Stevenson,"Margaret Busby: Doyenne of Black British Publishing",Black History Month 365, 28 September 2016.
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• "People of Letters | 2019", Museum of Colour,"Margaret Busby" (Photography by Sharron Wallace).
• TheMargaret Busby papers, 1978–1989, related to her publication of books by and aboutC. L. R. James are held atColumbia University Libraries.

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