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George Albert Shepperson (1922- )
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Shepperson's great interest is the Black Diaspora, the history of the African peoples and their spread across the world. He has held Visiting Professorships, Fellowships and Scholarships on both sides of the Atlantic and in Africa itself, and his writings, notably his books "Independent African" (1958, 5th edition 1987), written in collaboration with Tom Price, "David Livingston and the Rovuma" (1964), and many contributions to books and learned journals round the world, are regarded as seminal. The Library's research collections are the richer for the many collections of books and papers that he has gifted to the University as well as encouraging others to do. He became a founder member of the Friends of the University Library in 1962 and has served several times on its Committee. |
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