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Margaret Busby | |
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 Busby in February 2019 | |
| Born | Margaret Yvonne Busby 1944 (age 79–80) |
| Other names | Nana Akua Ackon |
| Alma mater | Bedford College, London University |
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| 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) |
Margaret Yvonne Busby, CBE, Hon. FRSL (born 1944), also known as Nana Akua Ackon, is a Ghanaian-born publisher, editor, writer and broadcaster, resident in the UK. She was Britain's youngest and first black female book publisher[1][2] when she and Clive Allison (1944–2011) co-founded[3] the London-based publishing house Allison and Busby (A & B) in the 1960s.[4] She edited the anthology Daughters of Africa (1992), and its 2019 follow-up New Daughters of Africa.[5] She is a recipient of the Benson Medal from the Royal Society of Literature.[6] In 2020 she was voted one of the "100 Great Black Britons".[7] In 2021, she was honoured with the London Book Fair Lifetime Achievement Award.[8] In 2023, Busby was named as president of English PEN.
- ^ "Margaret Busby" Archived 21 May 2017 at the Wayback Machine, African Writing Online, October/November 2007.
- ^ Jazzmine Breary, "Let's not forget" Archived 31 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine, in Writing the Future: Black and Asian Writers and Publishers in the UK Market Place, Spread the Word, April 2013, p. 30.
- ^ Margaret Busby, "Clive Allison obituary" Archived 11 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine, The Guardian, 3 August 2011.
- ^ "Black History Month in Britain: Great women you should know about" Archived 15 October 2023 at the Wayback Machine, Newsround, BBC, 1 October 2018.
- ^ Margaret Busby, "From Ayòbámi Adébáyò to Zadie Smith: meet the New Daughters of Africa", The Guardian, 9 March 2019.
- ^ Natasha Onwuemezi, "Busby to compile anthology of African women writers" Archived 21 January 2022 at the Wayback Machine, The Bookseller, 15 December 2017.
- ^ "100 Great Black Britons" Archived 12 February 2022 at the Wayback Machine, 2020.
- ^ "This Is My Story: Margaret Busby" Archived 23 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine, The Hub, London Book Fair, 26 October 2021.