I was born in 1966, at the beginning of the Biafran-Nigerian Civil War, and the war ended after three years. And I was growing up in school, and the... →
Chris Abani
When I'm not writing or tweaking my computer, I do embroidery. When I'm not plunging into the past, tweaking, or embroidering, I'm... →
Lynn Abbey
My writing has to support more than my research habit, but I love to curl up with a book about some dusty corner of history.
I got a call to come in and meet Fox, and the rest is history.
Paula Abdul
A lot of young players don't really know much about the history of the game and a lot of them are missing out on what the game is all about... →
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I did a book in 1996, an overview of black history. In that process I became more aware of a lot of the black inventors of the 19th century.
In a typical history book, black Americans are mentioned in the context of slavery or civil rights. There's so much more to the story.
Black people don't have an accurate idea of their history, which has been either suppressed or distorted.
This is what I would have done if I had to have a real job: I would have been a history teacher.
The 20th century was a century in which human rights were infringed upon in numerous parts of the world, and Japan also bears responsibility in that... →
Shinzo Abe