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BAD FRIDAY

A Novel

Delroy Bell is about to leave school. The prospects for him and his friends look grim. Will he be able to make it as a professional Basketball player, or will he end up hustling and gambling on the streets like his cousin Peter says? Set in mid 1970s Small Heath Birmingham UK, BAD FRIDAY was the FIRST Black British born novel to be published in the UK in 1982. This edition is published in celebration of its 30th Anniversary.

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BRITANNIA’S CHILDREN  A Collection of Short Stories

Kim Pearson (Chair of African American studies at the College of New Jersey, USA) writes: “When a story begins with: ‘When I was a likkle boy, there was a few stories I hear about England, especially when the old time people dem start talk…’ “…you know you are in for a fun ride. That’s the opening of the first story in BRITANNIA’S CHILDREN by Norman Samuda Smith…” 

BRITANNIA’S CHILDREN is a look through the lenses of life; a colorful slice of the lives of the people you’ll meet as you turn the pages…Naiobi James; read the full book review here…

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EDUCATIONAL & HISTORICAL READINGS

NOT WIDELY KNOWN BUT TRUE…

There were Africans in Britain before the English. Imhotep, a black man was the real father of medicine. Hippocrates, the so-called father of medicine lived 2,000 years after Imhotep. Greece and Rome obtained their knowledge of medicine from him. Download and read more HERE… 

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DID YOU KNOW…? The ancient Greek writer Lucian wrote: “The Ethiopians were the first people who invented the science of the stars and gave names to the planets.” Download more revelations HERE…   ______________________________________________________________________________________

ALEXANDRE DUMAS

TRIBUTE TO OUR S/HEROES                 VOLUME I Alexandre Dumas was one of the most famous French writers of the 19th century. He is best known for his historical adventure novels like The Three Musketeers, The Count of Monte Cristo and The Man in the Iron Mask. Dumas’ grandfather was a French nobleman who had settled in Santo Domingo, now part of Haiti. His paternal grandmother, Marie Louise Cessette Dumas was African/Caribbean, who had been a slave in the French colony. Want to read more? Download HERE… _______________________________________________________________________________________

TRIBUTE TO OUR S/HEROES VOLUME II “If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life.” Marcus Mosiah Garvey For more S/HEROES; DOWNLOAD HERE… __________________________________________________________________________________

BLACKS IN BRITAIN  A GENERAL TIME LINE OF BLACK           PEOPLE IN BRITAIN OLAUDAH EQUIANO: Also known as Gustavas Vassa. He was a prominent African involved in the British movement for the abolition of the slave trade. Download HERE… _______________________________________________________________________________

THE BLACK PIONEERS OF BRITISH FOOTBALL Black football players have graced the football stadia in Britain since 1881, when Andrew Watson captained a Scottish team against England. Check out THE BLACK PIONEERS OF BRITISH FOOTBALL who paved the way for today’s modern day black football players. Download: HERE… __________________________________________________________________________________________ THE ROOTS OF RASTAFARI       AN ESSAY (1995) Introduction by Samuda Smith Publications WEEP NOT: BEHOLD THE LION OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH,THE ROOT OF DAVID, HATH PREVAILED TO OPEN THE BOOK, AND TO LOOSE THE SEVEN SEALS THEREOF:  REVELATION 5: 5 Centuries after these words were written in the Bible, on November 2nd 1930, Ras Tafari Makonnen was crowned Emperor of Ethiopia. He took the name Haile Selassie I, King of Kings, Lord of Lords, Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah. He became the 225th ruler of the 2000 year old Solomonic Dynasty. In Jamaica, religious men who were used to reading between the lines of the King James Bible realised the coronation as fulfilment of Biblical prophecy: Read the whole essay here… __________________________________________________________________________________________