Una Marson

Photo: New Internationalist via Still from Hello! West Indies (1943) from the BFI. Source: youtube.com/watch?v=cjKsRGgUa-c

Photo: New Internationalist via Still from Hello! West Indies (1943) from the BFI. Source: youtube.com/watch?v=cjKsRGgUa-c

 

Country: Santa Cruz, Jamaica/London, England

Location: London, England

About

Una Maud Marson (February 6, 1905- May 6, 1965) was a Jamaican Pan-African feminist, activist, journalist, poet and writer. She was the first Black woman to be hired by the Britsh Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in 1941.

Sources:

  1. Iyer, Aditya. Remembering Una Marson: Black Feminist Pioneer. 30 October 2018 . https://newint.org/authors/aditya-iyer

  2. Jarrett-Macauley, Delia. The Biography of Una Marson. New York: Manchester University Press, 1998. Print.

  3. Kassir, Leila. "Una Marson: Writer, Activist & the first Black woman broadcaster at the BBC." n.d. University of London https://www.senatehouselibrary.ac.uk/blog/una-marson-writer-activist-first-black-woman-broadcaster-bbc

  4. Tomlinson, Lisa. "Una Marson: Cultural and Literary Nationalist." 26 March 2016 . Black Perspectives .https://www.aaihs.org/una-marson/

Written Works by Una Marson:

  1. Marson, Una M. Tropic Reveries: Poems. Kingston, Jamaica: The Ghaner Co., Ltd, 1930. Print.

  2. Marson, Una M. Heights and Depths: Poems. Kingston, Jamaica: Gleaner Co, 1931. Print.

  3. Marson, Una. The Moth and the Star. Kingston, Jamaica: B.W.I, 1937. Print.

  4. Marson, Una. The Women's Institute Movement in Great Britain: Eight Broadcasts Made by the British Broadcasting Corporation in 1943 with a Foreword by Sir Frank Stockdale, Comtroller for Development and Welfare in the West Indies. Barbados Advocate Co, 1944. Print.

  5. Marson, Una M. Towards the Stars. Poems, Etc. University of London Press: Bickley, 1945. Print.

  6. Marson, Una, and Alison Donnell. Selected Poems. Leeds, UK: Peepal Tree, 2011. Print.

  7. Marson, Una. Pocomania and London Calling. , 2016. Print.

Archives of Una Marson:

  1. “Hello! West Indies” (1943). BFI Player. United Kingdom. https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-hello-west-indies-1943-online

  2. King's College London . "Caribbean Voices: Una Marson at the BBC." 17 October 2019 . King's College London .Nash Lecture Theatre (K2.31) Strand Campus. https://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/ahri/eventrecords/2017-2018/festival/thu19/caribbean-voices-una-marson-at-the-bbc

  3. National Library of Jamaica. Una Maud Marson (1905-1965). n.d. https://nlj.gov.jm/biographies/una-maud-marson-1905-1965/

Other Sources:

  1. Hendy, David. "Caribbean Voices." n.d. British Broadcasting Company (BBC) .https://www.bbc.co.uk/historyofthebbc/people-nation-empire/caribbean-voices

  2. Procter, James. "Una Marson at the BBC." Small Axe, vol. 19 no. 3, 2015, pp. 1-28. Project MUSE, muse.jhu.edu/article/602408.

  3. Ford-Smith, Honor. Una Marson: Black Nationalist and Feminist Writer. The Hague: Institute of Social Studies (ISS, 1987. Print.

Jamaica, Jamaican Women's Activism, Pan-Africanism, Feminism, Journalism, Poetry, CaribbeanKeshia White