Margaret Busby

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Margaret Busby
Murya
Booker Prize judge (en) Fassara

Rayuwa
Haihuwa Accra, 11 Oktoba 1944 (79 shekaru)
ƙasa Ghana
Mazauni Birtaniya
Ƴan uwa
Abokiyar zama Lionel Grigson (en) Fassara
Ƴan uwa
Karatu
Makaranta Bedford College (en) Fassara
Matakin karatu Digiri
Harsuna Turanci
Sana'a
Sana'a author (en) Fassara, marubuci da ɗan jarida
Kyaututtuka
Mamba Alpha Kappa Alpha (en) Fassara

Margaret Yvonne Busby, CBE, Hon. FRSL (an haife ta 1944) kuma mai taken Nana Akua Ackon, ita yar asalin kasar Ghana ce, edita, marubuciya kuma mai watsa shirye-shirye, mazauniyar Birtaniya. Ita ce ƙarama kuma bakar mace ta farko mai buga littafi[1][2] a cikin shekarun 1960 ta yi aiki tare da Clive Allison (1944-2011)[3] gidan wallafe-wallafen London da ke Allison da Busby (A & B).[4] Ta yi rubutun tarihin Daughters of Africa (1992), da kuma New Daughters of Africa na shekarar 2019.[5] Ita ce ta karɓi kyautar Benson daga Royal Society of Literature.[6] A shekarar 2020 an zabe ta daya daga cikin "100 Great Black Britons".[7]

Ilimi da farkon shekarun[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]

Margaret Yvonne Busby an kuma haife ta a shekarar 1944,[8][9][10] a Accra, Gold Coast (Ghana ta yanzu), ga Dr George Busby da Mrs Sarah Busby (née Christian), waɗanda dukkansu suna da alaƙa da dangi zuwa Caribbean, musamman zuwa Trinidad, Barbados da Dominica. Dr Busby (1899-1980)[11][12] aboki ne na tsawon rai na mai ba da shawara Kwame Nkrumah George Padmore[13] kuma ya halarci makaranta tare da C. L. R. James a Kwalejin Queen's Royal, inda ya lashe Sikolashif na Island, wanda ya ba shi damar zuwa Burtaniya a 1919 don yin karatun likita.[14] Bayan kammala karatun farko a Jami'ar Edinburgh, ya koma Kwalejin Jami'a, Dublin, don kammala karatun digirinsa na likita, sannan ya yi aiki a matsayin likita a Walthamstow, Gabashin London,[15] kafin ya koma ya zauna a Gold Coast a 1929.[16][17] Ta hanyar mahaifiyarta, ita 'yar uwan wakilin BBC ce Moira Stuart,[18][19][20] kuma kakanta shi ne George James Christian (1869-1940),[21] wakili a Taron Farko na Afirka a London a 1900,[22][23] wanda ya yi ƙaura zuwa Gold Coast a 1902.[24][25]

Margaret Busby a gefe

Iyayenta sun tura yaransu uku don suyi karatu a Ingila lokacin da Busby take shekara biyar. Ita da 'yar uwarta sun fara zuwa wata makaranta a gundumar Lake tare da Makarantar Charters Towers, makarantar kwana ta 'yan mata ta duniya a Bexhill-on-Sea.[26][27] Bayan wucewa ta matakan O a can tana da shekaru 14, Busby ta bar makaranta a 15,[28] ta koma Ghana ta ɗauki matakan A a 16,[29] sannan ta yi shekara ɗaya a wata kwaleji a Cambridge don kar ta fara jami'a ma ƙarami.[27] Tun tana dan shekara 17 ta karanci Turanci a Kwalejin Bedford (daga baya aka hade ta da Royal Holloway College), Jami'ar London,[27][30] inda ta shirya mujallar adabin kwaleji tare da buga wakoki na kanta, sannan ta kammala tare da digiri na BA a cikin shekaru 20.[31] Ta yi aure da mawakin jazz na Burtaniya kuma malami Lionel Grigson (1942-1994).[3]

Bugawa[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]

Yayin da kuma take jami'a ta sadu da takwararta ta kasuwanci nan gaba Clive Allison a wani biki a Bayswater Road,[32] kuma sun yanke shawarar fara kamfanin buga littattafai.[3] Bayan kammala karatun, Busby ta yi aiki a takaice a Cresset Press - wani ɓangare na Kungiyar Barrie - yayin kafa Allison da Busby (A & B) wanda aka buga littattafansa na farko a shekarar 1967,[33] ta zama mafi karancin mawallafin sannan kuma mace ta farko da ta wallafa littafin Afirka a Burtaniya - nasarar da ta tantance ta ce: "Yana da sauƙin zama na farko, kowannenmu zai iya gwada wani abu kuma ya kasance mace ta farko ko mace ta farko ta Afirka da ta yi X, Y ko Z. Amma, idan abu ne mai mahimmanci ba kwa son zama shi kaɗai. ...Ina kuma fatan zan iya, ta kowace hanya, in sa wani ya yi abin da na yi amma koya daga kurakurai na kuma yi kyau fiye da yadda na yi."[34]

Ta kuma kasance Daraktan Edita na Allison & Busby na shekaru 20,[35] wallafa marubuta da yawa sanannu ciki har da Sam Greenlee (marubucin The Spook Who Sat by the Door, labari na farko da A & B ya buga, a shekarar 1969),[36][37] C. L. R. James,[38] Buchi Emecheta, Chester Himes, George Lamming, Roy Heath, Isma'ilu Reed, John Edgar Wideman, Nuruddin Farah, Rosa Guy, Val Wilmer, Colin MacInnes, H. Rap Brown, Julius Lester, Geoffrey Grigson, Edward Blishen, Dermot Healy, Adrian Mitchell, Matta Sweeney, Jill Murphy, Christine Qunta, Michael Horovitz, Alexandra Kollontai, Gordon Williams, Carlos Moore, Michèle Roberts, Molefe Pheto, Arthur Maimane, Maurice Nyagumbo, Giles Gordon, Claire Rayner, Clive Sinclair, Mineke Schipper, Chris Searle, Richard Stark, James Ellroy, Mafarauci S. Thompson, Margaret Thomson Davis, B. Traven, Alexis Lykiard, Tom Mallin, Labarin Jack Trevor, Michael Moorcock, Mervyn Peake, John Clute, Julian Savarin, Ralph de Boissière, Andrew Salkey, Harriet E. Wilson, da Miyamoto Musashi.[32][26]

Margaret Busby

Daga baya Busby ta kasance editan edita na Earthscan (watsa lakabi da Han Suyin, Frantz Fanon, Albert Memmi, René Dumont, Carolina Maria de Jesus, da sauransu),[35] kafin su fara aiki mai zaman kansa a matsayin edita, marubuci, kuma mai sukar lamiri.

Rubutu, gyarawa da watsa shirye-shirye[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]

A matsayin dan jarida, ta yi rubutu don The Guardian (akasarin littafin bita[39][40][41][42] ko labarin masu fasaha da masu fafutuka ciki har da Jessica Huntley, Buzz Johnson, Jayne Cortez, Jan Carew, Rosa Guy, Gwendolyn Brooks, Yuni Jordan, Toni Cade Bambara, Florynce Kennedy, Barry Reckord, Frank Crichlow, Connie Mark, Glenn Thompson, Agusta Wilson, Pearl Connor-Mogotsi, Geraldine Connor, Binyavanga Wainaina da Bell hooks),[43] The Observer,[44] The Independent,[45] The Sunday Times,[46] The New Statesman,[47] da sauran wurare, duka manyan jaridu da mujallu na musamman.[26][48]

Daughters of Africa (1992) da New Daughters of Africa (2019)[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]

Busby ta tattara 'Ya'yan Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Words and Writings by Women of African Descent from the Ancient Egyptian to the Present (London: Cape, 1992),[49][50] wanda Black Enterprise ya bayyana a matsayin "alamar ƙasa", wanda ya haɗa da gudummawa a cikin kewayon nau'ikan mata sama da 200.[51] An sake yin nazari sosai akan wallafawa,[52][53] yanzu ana nuna shi da ɗaukar aiki ta "matriarchs of the African literature. Sun fara yin rubutun 'Afirka', wanda ba kawai suna rubuta labarai game da danginsu ba, al'ummominsu da ƙasashe, har ma suna rubuta kansu cikin tarihin adabin Afirka da tarihin Afirka. Sun nemi sarari ga mata masu bayar da labarai a rubuce, kuma a wata ma'ana sun sake daukar matsayin mace a matsayin mahalicci kuma mai daukar labarun al'ummomin Afirka da yawa, idan aka yi la’akari da cewa zaman bayar da labarun gargajiya na yanki ne na mata."[54]

Busby ta shirya wani sabon shiri na 2019 mai taken New Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Writing by Women of African Descent (wanda aka buga a Myriad Editions a Burtaniya), wanda ya nuna wasu marubutan 200-da daga ƙasashen waje na Afirka.[6][55][56][57][58] Wani mai sharhi a cikin The Irish Times yayi sharhi: "Wani lokaci kuna buƙatar anthology don tunatar da ku game da iri-iri, ƙarfi da ƙima na rubuce-rubuce tsakanin wani yanki ko gungun mutane. New Daughters of Africa na da mahimmanci saboda muryoyin Afirka sun katse ko raguwa cikin tarihi, kuma muryoyin mata sun fi haka."[59]

Margaret Busby

An haɗa shi da anthology na 2019, mai gabatar da sanarwar "Margaret Busby New Daughters of Africa Award", tare da haɗin gwiwar SOAS, Jami'ar London, waɗanda za su amfana da ɗalibin mace mace ta Afirka,[60][61][62][63] ta rufe kuɗin koyarwa da masauki a Studentsan Daliban Internationalasa na Duniya, London.[64][65] Wanda ya fara karbar kyautar, dalibar Kenya Idza Luhumyo, ta fara karatun ta ne a kaka 2020.[66][67]

Sauran aikin littafin[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]

Busby ta ba da gudummawa ga littattafai ciki har da Colours of a New Day: Writing for South Africa (eds Sarah LeFanu da Stephen Hayward, 1990), Mothers: Reflections by Daughters (ed. Joanna Goldsworthy, 1995),[68] IC3: The Penguin Book of New Black Writing in Britain (eds Kadija Sesay da Courttia Newland, 2000),[69] Why 2K? Anthology for a New Era (2000), The Legacy of Efua Sutherland (2007), Essays in Honour of Ama Ata Aidoo at 70 (2012),[70] 99 words (ed. Liz Gray, 2011),[71] Black British Perspectives: A Series of Conversations on Black Art Forms (ed. Kadija Sesay, 2011), If I Could Tell You Just One Thing...: Encounters with Remarkable People and Their Most Valuable Advice (ta Richard Reed, 2016),[72][73] Slay in Your Lane: The Black Girl Bible (ta Elizabeth Uviebinené da Yomi Adegoke, 2018),[74] da The Artist in Time na Chris Fite-Wassilak (Yuli 2020).[75][76]

A cikin 2014, Busby ta yi rubutu tare da Ishmahil Carnival: A Photographic and Testimonial History of the Notting Hill Carnival.[77] Daga cikin wasu littattafan da ta rubuta gabatarwar ko kalmomin gaba sune Penguin Modern Classics bugu na A Question of Power ta Bessie Head, Emerging Perspectives on Buchi Emecheta (ed. Marie Umeh, 1996), Beyond Words: South African Poetics (tare da Keorapetse Kgositsile, Don Mattera, Lebo Mashile da Phillippa Yaa de Villiers, 2009),[78] da To Sweeten Bitter (2017) ta Raymond Antrobus.[79] Tare da Darcus Howe, Busby ta sake shirya C.L.R. James's 80th Birthday Lectures (Race Yau Publications, 1984),[80] kuma ita ce edita tare da Beverley Mason FRSA na No Colour Bar: Black British Art in Action 1960–1990, wani littafin 2018 wanda ya fito daga nunin 2015-16 No Colour Bar da aka gudanar a Guildhall Art Gallery.[81]

Busby ta kasance fitacciyar ɗan takara a babban nunin Get Up, Stand Up Now: Generations of Black Creative Pioneers na 2019 a Somerset House,[82][83] kuma ta ba da gudummawar gabatarwar muƙalar ga kasida,[84][85] da kuma shiga cikin abubuwan da suka faru a can.[86]

Watsa shirye-shirye da wasan kwaikwayo[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]

Busby ta yi aiki a kai a kai don rediyo da talabijin tun daga ƙarshen shekarun 1960, lokacin da ta gabatar da shirin mujallar London Line don Babban Ofishin Bayanai,[87] kazalika da Break For Women akan BBC African Service,[33] daga baya kuma Talking Africa akan Rediyon Spectrum, ban da bayyana a kan shirye-shirye da dama ciki har da Kaleidoscope, Front Row, Open Book, Woman's Hour, da Democracy Now! (Amurka).[14]

Abubuwan da ta kunsa da kuma wasan kwaikwayo na Rediyon BBC sun hada da littattafan C. L. R. James,[88] Jean Rhys,[89] Wole Soyinka,[90] Timothy Mo,[91] Sam Selvon,[92] Walter Mosley,[93] Henry Louis Gates,[94] Lawrence Scott[95] da Simi Bedford.[96] Wasan Busby wanda ya danganta da littafi Minty Alley na C. L. R. James, wanda Pam Fraser Solomon ya kirkira, an fara watsa shi ne a Rediyon BBC 4 a 1998,[97][98] inda ya lashe Hukumar Racaukaka Racabi'a "Race a cikin Media Award" (RIMA) a 1999.[99][100] Hakanan ta kasance wani ɓangare na Penumbra Productions, kamfani mai zaman kanta, tare da sauran membobin da suka haɗa da Horace Ové, H. O. Nazarat, Farrukh Dhondy, Mustapha Matura, Michael Abbensetts da Lindsay Barrett, daga cikin ayyukan su jerin fina-finai ne da suka danganci laccoci da C. L. R. James a cikin 1980s.[101][102][103]

Rubutun da ta yi don matakin ya hada da Sankofa (1999),[104] Yaa Asantewaa – Warrior Queen (UK/Ghana, 2001-02),[105][106][107][108] Geraldine Connor,[109][110][111] da kuma An African Cargo (Greenwich Theater, 2007) wanda Felix Cross ya jagoranta.[112][113][114][115][116] Ta kuma kasance mai son kida.[117][118][119]

A cikin 2014, bayan mutuwar Maya Angelou, Busby ta rubuta wata babbar kyauta mai taken Maya Angelou: A Celebration,[120] wanda ya faru a ranar 5 ga Oktoba a zauren Royal Festival yayin bikin Lissafin Lissafi na London; Paulette Randall ta jagorance shi, kuma Jon Snow da Moira Stuart suka shugabanta, bikin ya nuna gudummawa daga masu zane ciki har da Adjoa Andoh, Mala'ika Coulby, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Nicola Hughes, Ella Odedina, NITROvox, Roderick Williams da Ayanna Witter-Johnson.[121][122][123][124]

A cikin Yunin shekarar 2021, Busby ta fito a kan Desert Island Discs na BBC Radio 4.[125][126]

Girmamawa da kyaututtuka[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]

  • 1970: Kyautar Society of Young Publishers.[127]
  • 1977: An nuna a nunin Mayotte Magnus Mata, Hotunan manyan matan Biritaniya, a Gidan Hoto na Kasa na Landan, wanda aka sake bugawa a cikin 2018 a matsayin Illuminating Women.[128][129][130]
  • 1993: Kyautar Pandora [131] daga Women in Publishing.
  • 1998: Mai Girma Memba na Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA) Yankin Duniya.[132]
  • 1999: Race a cikin Kyautar Mai jarida don wasan rediyo Minty Alley.[14]
  • 1999: Girman gargajiya na Ghana kamar Nana Akua Ackon, Cape Coast.[133]
  • 2004: Daraja digiri na Jami'a Open[134] don Sabis ga Fasaha da Kimiyya.
  • 2004: An nuna shi a cikin hoton "Babban Rana a Landan" a ɗakin karatu na Burtaniya tsakanin marubuta 50 baƙi da Asiya waɗanda suka ba da babbar gudummawa ga adabin Burtaniya.[135][136]
  • 2006 : Jami'in Tsarin Mulkin Biritaniya, don hidima ga adabi da bugawa.[137]
  • 2011: Fellowship Honorary, Sarauniya Mary, Jami'ar London.[138]
  • 2015: Kyautar Henry Swanzy don Sabis na Musamman ga Harafin Caribbean, NGC Bocas Lit Fest, Trinidad.[139][140]
  • 2015: Kyautar karramawar Gadon Afirka ta Burtaniya[141] daga Gidan Amau.[142][143]
  • 2015: Memba na Daraja na PAWA (Ƙungiyar Marubuta ta Pan African) Kyauta, Ghana.[144]
  • 2017: Zaɓaɓɓen Abokin Daraja na Royal Society of Literature.[145][146]
  • 2017: An ba da lambar yabo ta Benson ta Royal Society of Literature don nasarar rayuwa.[147]
  • 2017: Taron Jami'ar Goldsmiths na London "Daughter of Africa: Celebrating Margaret Busby's 50 Years in Publishing and Beyond".[148]
  • 2018: An zaɓa a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin 150 na Jami'ar London "Jagorancin Mata" don bikin shekaru 150 na manyan makarantun mata a Birtaniya.[149]
  • 2019: Naugural Africa ya rubuta lambar yabo ta Rayuwa ta Royal Society of the Royal African Society.[150]
  • 2019: Digiri na girmamawa daga SOAS, Jami'ar London.[151]
  • 2020: Digiri na girmamawa daga Royal Holloway, Jami'ar London.[152][153]
  • 2020: An zabe daya daga cikin "Bakar Birtaniyya 100".[154]
  • 2021: Kyautar Nasarar Rayuwa ta Littafin London.[155][156]
  • 2021 :Kwamandan Tsarin Mulkin Burtaniya.[157]

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  85. Margaret Busby, "HORACE OVÉ AND NOTTING HILL CARNIVAL", 22 August 2019.
  86. "Margaret Busby Presents: New Daughters of Africa: Part of Get Up, Stand Up Now". Somerset House. 9 September 2019.
  87. "Margaret Busby", British Universities Film & Video Council.
  88. "Beyond a Boundary", BBC, Radio Times, Issue 3787, 22 August 1996: Abridged in five parts (25–30 August 1996) by Margaret Busby, produced by Pam Fraser Solomon.
  89. "Jean Rhys – Wide Sargasso Sea" Archived 2021-12-12 at the Wayback Machine, Radio Listings.
  90. "Book at Bedtime: Ake", BBC Radio 4, BBC Programme Index, 4 September 1995.
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  99. "Non Traditional Channels – A Publishing and Lit Conversation" Archived 2019-09-26 at the Wayback Machine, Sable, 27 November 2012.
  100. Barry Hodge, "Radio Drama & Readings, radio 4, 1999"The Afternoon Play. June 2012.
  101. Suman Bhuchar, "Nazareth, H. O.", in Alison Donnell (ed.), Companion to Contemporary Black British Culture, Routledge, 2002, p. 214.
  102. Margaret Busby, "2015: The Year of Being Connected, Exhibition-wise", Wasafiri, Volume 31, Issue 4, November 2016.
  103. "Penumbra Productions". BFI.
  104. Mary Brennan, "Rhythms of everyday life", The Herald (Glasgow), 10 February 2000.
  105. "Adzido Pan African Dance Ensemble – Yaa Asantewaa-Warrior Queen", UK Theatre Web, Archive Listings.
  106. Osei Boateng, "Yaa Asantewaa on stage: The Exploits of Yaa Asantewaa, the Warrior Queen of the Asantes...", New African, 1 April 2001. The Free Library.
  107. Pajohn Dadson, "Ghana: Yaa Asantewaa Has Landed", AfricaNews, 18 May 2001.
  108. Cameron Duodu, "Yaa Asantewaa – warrior queen. (The Arts)", New African, 1 June 2001. The Free Library.
  109. Margaret Busby, "Geraldine Connor obituary", The Guardian, 31 October 2011.
  110. "Yaa Asantewaa: Warrior Queen", Black Plays Archive, National Theatre.
  111. T. C. McCaskie (22 March 2007). "The life and afterlife of Yaa Asantewaa". Abibitumi.com. Archived from the original on 3 December 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
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  113. Felix Cross, "Belle: An Unexpected Journey" Archived 17 ga Afirilu, 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Nitro, 13 June 2014.
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  115. "AFRICAN CARGO Greenwich Theatre, London. 2007", Felix Cross MBE.
  116. Colette Lebrasse, "Say It Loud" Archived 14 ga Yuli, 2014 at the Wayback Machine (An African Cargo @ Greenwich Theatre), reviewed 1 September 2007.
  117. If 2 review by Easy Livin, Progarchives.com, 9 June 2011: "'Shadows and Echoes' was co-written by Lionel Grigson with his then partner Margaret Busby. The late Grigson was well known during the early jazz/fusion scene, and was a member of If prior to the recording of their first album. The songs focuses on the band's softer, lighter side, featuring flute and a fine vocal."
  118. John Stevenson, "Margaret Busby: Doyenne of Black British Publishing", Black History Month 365, 28 September 2016.
  119. Paola Vera (15 July 2020). "Norma Winstone, a true British legend". Jazz in Europe. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  120. Natalie Williams. "Trini Abroad – Escape from Egypt". Caribbean Intelligence.
  121. Rachel Holmes, "Black History Month: A – Z", The Metropolist, 3 October 2014.
  122. Lloyd Lewis Hayter, "Maya Angelou – A Celebration, Southbank Centre – review", Afridiziak Theatre News, 7 October 2014.
  123. Margaret Busby, "A healing pen, a letterbox smile: Auntie Maya, angel of the South", The Sunday Times, 28 September 2014.
  124. "London Literature Festival 2014 Southbank Centre". 12 August 2014. p. 22.
  125. "Desert Island Discs - Margaret Busby". BBC. 27 June 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  126. "Pioneering publisher Margaret Busby says industry still needs more diversity", The Irish Times, 26 June 2021.
  127. Black Power: Photographs by Donald MacLellan, National Portrait Gallery.
  128. "Mayotte Magnus: Photographs of Women", National Portrait Gallery 21 October to 11 December 1977.
  129. "Judi! Edna! Glenda! Women who lit up the 70s – in pictures", The Guardian, 16 October 2018.
  130. Tim Keane, "Photographing the Women of British Art", Hyperallergic, 19 January 2019.
  131. Black Power: Photographs by Donald MacLellan, National Portrait Gallery.
  132. AKA International Region at Sigma Theta Omega Chapter.
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  134. "Doctor of the University 1973–2011" Archived 13 Disamba 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Honorary Degree Awards 1973–2011.
  135. Andrea Levy, "Made in Britain. To celebrate the impact of their different perspectives, 50 writers of Caribbean, Asian and African descent gathered to be photographed. Andrea Levy reports on a great day for literature", The Guardian, 18 September 2004.
  136. Kevin Le Gendre, "Books: A great day for a family get together; Who are the movers and shakers in black British writing? And can they all fit on one staircase?", The Independent on Sunday, 17 October 2004.
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  142. "UK Afrikan Heritage High Achievers Award" Archived 2018-08-09 at the Wayback Machine, House of AMAU, London, 23 August 2015.
  143. "Another Honour for Margaret Busby OBE" Archived 2018-08-09 at the Wayback Machine, George Padmore Institute, 20 October 2015.
  144. Evelyn Osagie, "Echoes of Achebe's works at writers' show", The Nation (Nigeria), 25 November 2015.
  145. Natasha Onwuemezi, "Rankin, McDermid and Levy named new RSL fellows", The Bookseller, 7 June 2017.
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  147. "The Benson Medal", Royal Society of Literature.
  148. "Daughter of Africa: Celebrating Margaret Busby's 50 Years in Publishing and Beyond", Goldsmiths, 1 December 2017.
  149. "Leading Women gather in St James's Palace to celebrate 150 years of women's higher education in the UK" Archived 2021-02-27 at the Wayback Machine, University of London, 30 January 2019.
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  151. "SOAS celebrates leading figures from the world of literature, law, journalism and finance honoured at this year's graduation" Archived 2021-12-08 at the Wayback Machine, SOAS, 15 July 2019.
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  154. Rhian Lubin, "Black heroes who helped shape Britain - from Queen of the Ivories to a Tudor trumpeter", Mirror, 11 September 2020.
  155. Ruth Comerford, "Margaret Busby wins LBF Lifetime Achievement Award", The Bookseller, 20 May 2021.
  156. "Margaret Busby to receive The London Book Fair Lifetime Achievement Award 2021", Black History Month Magazine, 22 May 2021.
  157. Sian Bayley, "Busby and Page recognised in Queen's birthday honours list", The Bookseller, 11 June 2021.