Roger Mais (/ˈmeɪz/; 11 August 1905 – 21 June 1955) was a Jamaican journalist, novelist, poet, and playwright. He was born to a middle-class family in...
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Look up Mais or mais in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Look up maïs, maís, máis, or màis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mais may refer to: John...
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Jamaican author Roger Mais. In Jamaica during the Second World War, Surjue is persuaded to take part in a robbery and is imprisoned. Mais said that the...
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Brother Man (1954) is a novel by Jamaican author and journalist Roger Mais, about a Christ-like wise-man and folk Rastafarian healer, 'Bra' Man' (in dialect)...
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throughout his professional career to promote the Jamaican sugar industry. Roger Mais, a journalist, poet, and playwright wrote many short stories, plays, and...
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singer-songwriter and actor John Holt, singer Vybz Kartel, Dancehall artiste Roger Mais, writer Wilmot Perkins, talk show host Francis Forbes, former Commissioner...
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of it previously unpublished, a crucial addition to his poetic oeuvre. Roger Mais (11 August 1905 – 21 June 1955) was a Jamaican journalist, novelist, poet...
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Vere Johns, writer, broadcaster, actor Linton Kwesi Johnson, dub poet Roger Mais, novelist Louis Marriott, playwright, actor, director, journalist Una...
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Solution. Brotherman may also refer to: Brother Man, a 1954 novel by Roger Mais Brotherman: The Odyssey of Black Men in America, a 1995 book edited by...
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precursor of Jamaican nationalism. The play George William Gordon (1938) by Roger Mais was about his life. In 1960 the Parliament of Jamaica moved into the new...
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Public Opinion counted among its journalists progressive figures such as Roger Mais, Una Marson, Amy Bailey, Louis Marriott, Peter Abrahams, and future prime...
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Gleaner, wrote a novel entitled Revenge (1918). It is now out of print. Roger Mais, best known for his 1954 Rastafarian novel Brother Man, wrote the play...
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Palm-Wine Drinkard Amos Tutuola 1952 Nigeria The Hills Were Joyful Together Roger Mais 1953 Jamaica In the Castle of My Skin George Lamming 1953 Barbados My...
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Hearne A. L. Hendriks Nalo Hopkinson Marlon James Linton Kwesi Johnson Roger Mais Una Marson Claude McKay Alecia McKenzie Anthony McNeill Mervyn Morris...
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"new art" surfaced many of Reid's literary contemporaries, including Roger Mais, George Campbell, M. G. Smith, and H. D. Carberry. A common objective...
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Public Opinion counted among its journalists progressive figures such as Roger Mais, Una Marson, Amy Bailey, Louis Marriott, Peter Abrahams, and future prime...
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Reid's literary counterparts, most notably fellow Jamaican writer Roger Mais. Mais's 1938 play George William Gordon also functioned to repair the historical...
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translator Souvenirs de Londres (Memories of London), Rue de l'Odéon Roger Mais Jamaica 11 August 1905 21 June 1955 novelist, short story writer, poet...
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(1926–1994) Nalo Hopkinson (born 1960) Herbert de Lisser (1878–1944) Roger Mais (1905–1955) Claude McKay (1889–1948) Pamela Mordecai (born 1942) Geoffrey...
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similar journey: Wilson Harris, Edgar Mittleholzer, Ian Carew of Guyana, Roger Mais, Andrew Salkey and John Hearne of Jamaica. In 1951, Lamming became a broadcaster...
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d'étudiants de façon magistrale mais a aussi orienté une nouvelle réflexion sur l'anthropologie culturelle. "Keesing, Roger Martin (1935–1993)". Anthrobase...
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Lalla, novelist, scholar Thomas MacDermot, poet, novelist and editor Roger Mais, novelist Rachel Manley, memoirist, poet Una Marson, poet, playwright...
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McKay (1889–1948) Alecia McKenzie (living) Kellie Magnus (born 1970) Roger Mais (1905–1955) Rachel Manley (born 1955) Louis Marriott (1935—2016) Una Marson...
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Roger Vadim Plemiannikov (French: [ʁɔʒe vadim]; 26 January 1928 – 11 February 2000) was a French screenwriter, film director and producer, as well as...
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2017. "Palmeiras corre para comprar mais uma 'parte' de Róger Guedes" [Palmeiras rush to buy another 'stake' of Róger Guedes] (in Portuguese). O Estado...
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Adrienne Monnier, French poet and publisher (born 1892; suicide) June 21 – Roger Mais, Jamaican novelist (born 1905) June 30 – Gilbert Cannan, British writer...
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Roger Schmidt (German pronunciation: [ˈʁoːɡɐ ˈʃmɪt]; born 13 March 1967) is a German professional football manager and former player. He currently manages...
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Jiu Jitsu". The Jiu Jitsu Brotherhood. "História de Campeões – Roger Gracie". Muito Mais Jiu Jitsu para você! (in Portuguese). 2016-09-19. "Campeonato...
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Phillip Sherlock, history and literature 1967: No gold medal awarded 1968: Roger Mais, literature, posthumously 1969: Ansel Hart, history 1970: Alvin Marriott...
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"11 Notable Jamaican Writers You Should Know", alongside Claude McKay, Roger Mais, Andrew Salkey, Sylvia Wynter, Lorna Goodison, Lindsay Barrett, Margaret...
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