Val McCalla
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Val Irvine McCalla (3 Ọktoba 1943 - 22 Ọgọst 2002) bụ onye na-ahụ maka ego na onye ọchụnta ego mgbasa ozi nke Jamaica nke biri na Britain na 1959. A maara ya nke ọma dị ka onye guzobere The Voice, akwụkwọ akụkọ Britain kwa izu nke lekwasịrị anya na obodo alaeze ukwu ndị ọsọ ghọrọ ndọrọ ndị isi ojii Ndị Britain, nke o guzobere na 1982 dị ka <i id="mwDg">Olu</i> maka obodo British African-Caribbean. A na-asọpụrụ ya dị ka onye na-ebipụta akwụkwọ maka obodo ahụ, mana ọ na-enwekwa ndị nkatọ na-ewere ya dị ka ihe na-akpali akpali.[1]
Na ntuli aka 100 Great Black Britons nke e mere na 1997, a họpụtara Val McCalla dị ka nọmba 68.[2]
A mụrụ Val McCalla n'akụkụ dara ogbenye nke Kingston, Jamaica . [3] Mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Kingston College, ụlọ akwụkwọ ghọrọ ike akụkọ nke sekọndrị nke Jamaica, McCalla gara England na Mee 1959, mgbe ọ dị afọ 15.
Ọ sonyeere RAF, mana oghere oghere e ji egbu egbu mere ka ntọala na mpaghara okpomọkụ ya nke ịghọ onye na-anya ụgbọelu kwụọ ụgwọ ma kama ọ nụchara nkà ya dị ka onye na-edebe akwụkwọ, [4] ọ hapụrụ n'etiti afọ 1960. [5]
Mgbe ahụ, ọ chọtara ọrụ n'ọnọdụ dị iche iche na ebe nchekwa nke hụrụ dị ịrịba àmà akwụkwọ, tupu ọ rụọ ọrụ nwa oge na akwụkwọ akụkọ ọbọdọ, East End News, nke dị nso n'ụlọ ya na Bethnal Green.[6] Ọ malitere akwụkwọ akụkọ The Voice na 1982, akwụkwọ akụkọ Black mbụ nke Britain, ya na otu n'ime ụkpụrụ ezubere mmadụ mata ndị gụnyere onye mgbasa ozi Alex Pascall, [7] na-amalite ya na Notting Hill carnival n'ọnwa Ọgọstụ ahụ, [8] ma na-eweta Viv Broughton dị ka onye njikwa ahịa.[9][10] Olu ahụ ghọrọ ebe ọzụzụ maka ndị nta akụkọ na-eduga. O nwere magazin Chic na Pride, na 1991 hiwere The Weekly Journal. [11]
Na June 2021, na Windrush Day, a kwanyeere Val McCalla ùgwù dị ka onye guzobere The Voice site na ntinye nke ihe ncheta site na Nubian Jak Community Trust n'èzí ụlọ ọrụ Brixton nke akwụkwọ akụkọ ahụ, Olu Star House. [12] [13][14]
Ihe odide
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]- ↑ "Memorial tributes to Voice founder", BBC News, 3 October 2002. Retrieved on 23 May 2009.
- ↑ "100 Great Black Britons".. Archived from the original on 2021-06-24. Retrieved on 2024-05-14.
- ↑ Andy Beckett, "The Voice in the Wilderness", The Independent, 11 February 1996.
- ↑ "Val McCalla", Encyclopædia Britannica.
- ↑ Steve Pope, "Val McCalla" (obituary), The Guardian, 24 August 2002.
- ↑ "Val McCalla", 100 Great Black Britons.
- ↑ Andy Beckett, "The Voice in the Wilderness", The Independent, 11 February 1996.
- ↑ Lionel Morrison, A Century of Black Journalism in Britain: A Kaleidoscopic View of Race and the Media (1893–2003), Truebay Limited, 2007, p. 63.
- ↑ George Ruddock, "Voice35Years: Happy Birthday To Us!", The Voice, 27 August 2017.
- ↑ Steve Alexander Smith, "Viv Broughton", British Black Gospel: The Foundations of this Vibrant UK Sound, Monarch Books, 2009, p. 78.
- ↑ Val McCalla | British publisher (en). Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved on 2021-08-23.
- ↑ Val McCalla | The Eentrepreneur Who Gave the Caribbean Community A Voice. Black Plaque Project. Retrieved on 20 August 2021.
- ↑ Black Plaque installation on Windrush Day to commemorate Val McCalla the founder of The Voice newspaper. Black History Month (21 June 2021). Retrieved on 20 August 2021.
- ↑ Val McCalla, the Founder of The Voice Newspaper, is honoured as a 'Great Black Briton' with a Black Plaque in Brixton (en). Voice Online (2021-06-22). Retrieved on 2021-08-23.