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Roger Mais, the Glossary

Roger Mais (11 August 1905 – 21 June 1955) was a Jamaican journalist, novelist, poet, and playwright.^[1]

40 relations: Barbados, Bourgeoisie, British Empire, Brother Man, C. L. R. James, Calabar High School, Colonialism, Colony of Jamaica, Errol Hill, George William Gordon, Institute of Jamaica, Jamaicans, John Figueroa, John Hearne (writer), Jonathan Cape, Kamau Brathwaite, Kenneth Ramchand, Kingston, Jamaica, London, Louise Bennett-Coverley, Mahogany, Minty Alley, Montego Bay, Morant Bay rebellion, Musgrave Medal, New Day (novel), Norman Manley, Order of Jamaica, Paris, People's National Party, Rastafari, Romeo and Juliet, The Hills Were Joyful Together, Trinidad and Tobago, Una Marson, University of the West Indies, Vera Bell, Victor Stafford Reid, Winston Churchill, World War II.
20th-century Jamaican novelists
20th-century Jamaican poets
Jamaican dramatists and playwrights
Jamaican journalists
Jamaican male journalists
Jamaican male novelists
Jamaican male poets
People educated at Calabar High School

Barbados

Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region next to North America and north of South America, and is the most easterly of the Caribbean islands.

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Bourgeoisie

The bourgeoisie are a class of business owners and merchants which emerged in the Late Middle Ages, originally as a "middle class" between peasantry and aristocracy.

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British Empire

The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states.

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Brother Man

Brother Man (1954) is a novel by Jamaican author and journalist Roger Mais, about a Christ-like wise-man and folk Rastafarian healer, 'Bra' Man' (in dialect) John Power.

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C. L. R. James

Cyril Lionel Robert James (4 January 1901 – 31 May 1989),Fraser, C. Gerald,, The New York Times, 2 June 1989. Roger Mais and C. L. R. James are 20th-century dramatists and playwrights.

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Calabar High School

Calabar High School is an all-male secondary school in Kingston, Jamaica.

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Colonialism

Colonialism is the pursuing, establishing and maintaining of control and exploitation of people and of resources by a foreign group.

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Colony of Jamaica

The Crown Colony of Jamaica and Dependencies was a British colony from 1655, when it was captured by the English Protectorate from the Spanish Empire.

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Errol Gaston Hill (5 August 1921 – 15 September 2003) was a Trinidadian-born playwright, actor and theatre historian, "one of the leading pioneers in the West Indies theatre". Roger Mais and Errol Hill are 20th-century dramatists and playwrights.

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George William Gordon

George William Gordon (c. 1820 – 23 October 1865) was a Jamaican businessman, magistrate and politician, one of two representatives to the Assembly from St. Thomas-in-the-East parish.

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Institute of Jamaica

The Institute of Jamaica (IOJ), founded in 1879, is the country's most significant cultural, artistic and scientific organisation:, The Gleaner, 19 January 2015.

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Jamaicans

Jamaicans are the citizens of Jamaica and their descendants in the Jamaican diaspora.

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John Figueroa

John Joseph Maria Figueroa (4 August 1920 – 5 March 1999) was a Jamaican poet and educator. Roger Mais and John Figueroa are 20th-century Jamaican poets, Jamaican male poets and Recipients of the Musgrave Medal.

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John Hearne (writer)

John Edgar Colwell Hearne (4 February 1926 – 12 December 1994) was a Jamaican novelist, journalist, and teacher. Roger Mais and John Hearne (writer) are 20th-century Jamaican novelists, 20th-century journalists, Jamaican journalists, Jamaican male journalists and Jamaican male novelists.

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Jonathan Cape

Jonathan Cape is a London publishing firm founded in 1921 by Herbert Jonathan Cape (1879–1960), who was head of the firm until his death.

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Kamau Brathwaite

Edward Kamau Brathwaite, CHB (11 May 1930 – 4 February 2020), was a Barbadian poet and academic, widely considered one of the major voices in the Caribbean literary canon. Roger Mais and Kamau Brathwaite are Recipients of the Musgrave Medal.

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Kenneth Ramchand

Kenneth Ramchand (born 1939) is a Trinidad and Tobago academic and writer, who is widely respected as "arguably the most prominent living critic of Caribbean fiction".

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Kingston, Jamaica

Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island.

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London

London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.

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Louise Bennett-Coverley

Louise Simone Bennett-Coverley or Miss Lou (7 September 1919 – 26 July 2006), was a Jamaican poet, folklorist, writer, and educator. Roger Mais and Louise Bennett-Coverley are 20th-century Jamaican poets, Members of the Order of Jamaica and Recipients of the Musgrave Medal.

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Mahogany

Mahogany is a straight-grained, reddish-brown timber of three tropical hardwood species of the genus Swietenia, indigenous to the AmericasBridgewater, Samuel (2012).

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Minty Alley

Minty Alley is a novel written by Trinidadian writer C. L. R. James in the late 1920s, and published in London by Secker & Warburg in 1936, as West Indian literature was starting to flourish.

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Montego Bay

Montego Bay is the capital of the parish of St. James in Jamaica.

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Morant Bay rebellion

The Morant Bay Rebellion (11 October 1865) began with a protest march to the courthouse by hundreds of people led by preacher Paul Bogle in Morant Bay, Jamaica.

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Musgrave Medal

The Musgrave Medal is an annual award by the Institute of Jamaica in recognition of achievement in art, science, and literature. Roger Mais and Musgrave Medal are Recipients of the Musgrave Medal.

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New Day (novel)

New Day is a 1949 book by Jamaican author V. S. Reid.

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Norman Manley

Norman Washington Manley (4 July 1893 – 2 September 1969) was a Jamaican statesman who served as the first and only Premier of Jamaica.

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Order of Jamaica

The Order of Jamaica is the fifth of the six orders in the Jamaican honours system. Roger Mais and order of Jamaica are Members of the Order of Jamaica.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city of France.

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People's National Party

The People's National Party (PNP) is a social-democratic political party in Jamaica, founded in 1938 by Norman Washington Manley who served as party president until his death in 1969.

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Rastafari

Rastafari, sometimes called Rastafarianism, is an Abrahamic religion that developed in Jamaica during the 1930s.

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Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about the romance between two Italian youths from feuding families.

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The Hills Were Joyful Together

The Hills Were Joyful Together is a 1953 novel by Jamaican author Roger Mais.

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Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago, officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean region of North America.

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Una Marson

Una Maud Victoria Marson (6 February 1905 – 6 May 1965) was a Jamaican feminist, activist and writer, producing poems, plays and radio programmes. Roger Mais and Una Marson are 20th-century Jamaican poets, Jamaican dramatists and playwrights and Recipients of the Musgrave Medal.

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University of the West Indies

The University of the West Indies (UWI), originally University College of the West Indies, is a public university system established to serve the higher education needs of the residents of 18 English-speaking countries and territories in the Caribbean: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, and Turks and Caicos Islands.

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Vera Bell

Vera Bell or Vera Alberta or Albertha Bell (born 1906; date of death unknown) was a Jamaican poet, short-story writer and playwright. Roger Mais and Vera Bell are 20th-century Jamaican poets.

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Victor Stafford Reid

Victor Stafford Reid, OJ, (1 May 1913 – 25 August 1987) was a Jamaican writer born in Kingston, Jamaica, who wrote to influence younger generations to embrace local history. Roger Mais and Victor Stafford Reid are 20th-century Jamaican novelists, Jamaican male novelists, Members of the Order of Jamaica and Recipients of the Musgrave Medal.

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Winston Churchill

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who was twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and 1951 to 1955.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Mais

Roger Mais, the Glossary

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20th-century Jamaican novelists

20th-century Jamaican poets

Jamaican dramatists and playwrights

Jamaican journalists

Jamaican male journalists

Jamaican male novelists

Jamaican male poets

People educated at Calabar High School

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