Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
George Padmore
Born: June 28, 1903
Died: September 23, 1959 (aged 56)
Bio: George Padmore, born Malcolm Ivan Meredith Nurse in Trinidad, was a leading Pan-Africanist, journalist, and author. He left Trinidad in 1924 to study medicine in the United States, where he also joined the Communist Party.
Known for:
- The life and struggles of Negro toilers (1931)
- How Britain rules Africa (1936)
- The Gold Coast revolution (1953)
- Africa and world peace (1937)