Black British Writers - Mary Seacole, Olaudah Equiano, Malorie Blackman, C. L. R. James, Rikki Beadle-Blair, Stuart Hall, Benjamin Zephaniah (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 41. Chapters: Mary Seacole, Olaudah Equiano, Malorie Blackman, C. L. R. James, Rikki Beadle-Blair, Stuart Hall, Benjamin Zephaniah, Zadie Smith, Henry Sylvester-Williams, Moses Roper, Francis Barber, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Evan Jones, Cass Pennant, Robert Wedderburn, Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, Ben Okri, Darcus Howe, Ignatius Sancho, Ottobah Cugoano, Lennie James, Michael Obiora, Darren Jordon, Trix Worrell, Ekow Eshun, Onyeka, Luke Sutherland, Francis Williams, Gary Younge, Andrea Levy, Bola Agbaje, John Jea, Yvonne Brewster, Peter Kempadoo, Val McCalla, Oonya Kempadoo. Excerpt: Mary Jane Seacole (1805 - 14 May 1881), sometimes known as Mother Seacole or Mary Grant, was a Jamaican nurse best known for her involvement in the Crimean War. She set up and operated boarding houses in Panama and the Crimea to assist in her desire to treat the sick. Seacole was taught herbal remedies and folk medicine by her mother, who kept a boarding house for disabled European soldiers and sailors. Confident that her knowledge of tropical medicine could be useful, and after hearing of poor medical provisions for wounded soldiers during the Crimean War, she travelled to London to volunteer as a nurse. Relying on her experience in the Caribbean, she applied to the War Office and asked to be sent as an army assistant to the Crimea. She was refused, mainly because of prejudice against women's involvement in medicine at the time. The British Government later decided to permit women to travel to the affected area, but she was not included in the party of 38 nurses chosen by Florence Nightingale probably due to her ethnical background. Instead, she borrowed money to make the 4,000-mile (about 6500 km) journey by herself. She distinguished herself treating battlefield wounded, often nursing wounded soldiers from both sides while under fire. When the conflict ended i...