What’s New: September 2024
September 19, 2024
The Septemer update to the Oxford African American Studies Center has published 7 new entries, including the first Gambian female surgeon Annie Maria Carrol and poet, concert pianist, and music educator Lucy Ariel Williams Holloway.
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Victoria (Vicky) Marie Blain (1943 –), Gambian songstress, actress |
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Percy Hollingsworth Coker (1894 – 1981), the first Gambian opposition presidential candidate |
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Henry Anthony Madi (1913 – 1965), merchant and nationalist politician |
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Annie Maria Carrol “Pet” (1931 – 1993), the first Gambian female surgeon |
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Amos Webber (1826 – 1904), civilian weather observer and chronicler |
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Matthew Wesley Plummer, Sr. (1920 – 2007), attorney, flight instructor, and judge |
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Lucy Ariel Williams Holloway (1905 – 1973), poet, concert pianist, and music educator |
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