27 Dalewood Gardens

Northgate
Crawley
West Sussex
United Kingdom
RH10 8XP

Dear Sir/Madam
I am excited to present to you for your attention a copy of my book proposal: DR
EAD, RASTAFARI AND ETHIOPIA The definitive historical report of the beginning an
d the rise of the RastafarI movement in the Commonwealth of Dominica.
I have included a detailed outline of the main chapters with short summary and b
ullet points highlighting the main topics to be covered in each chapter.
My research is likely to require me to travel to Dominica, where I will need to
spend several weeks gathering materials from the reference section of the Roseau
Public Library; The archives of The Chronicle Newspaper; parliamentary record a
nd hansards from the Ministry of Legal Affairs . While there I will interview an
d photograph former black power activists and Rastafarians such as, recently rel
eased from prison, Eric Joseph for the killing of Farmer Ted Honychurch in 1981
who was the father of Dominica‘s most illustrious historian, Lennox Honychurch (
whom I will also interview); politicians, police officers and other stakeholder
s from that era of 1970 to 1980. I will also need to track down, Dominican, Desm
ond Trotter in Shashamane, Ethiopia and other notable Rastafarians, Ras Mo in Ca
lifornia, and Nasio Fontaine, Lazo and others who also live in the USA and aroun
d the world if needed. Finally, Here in the United Kingdom, my research will foc
us on drawing on resources of The British Library , The Colonial Office, the Dom
inica High Commission etc.
The preparatory work will also requiring the publishing rights to additional ill
ustrations, and photographs especially from police and historic archives, and hi
storical papers written by such persons as authors, Irving Andre and Gabriel Chr
istian who have written on the subject, albeit only in brief.
Tentatively, I am looking to produce a coffee table book - 10inches by 11 and ha
lf inches of approximately 200 pages and having between 10 to 15 chapters, plus
an introduction, index , glossary , and bibliography. The book will have roughly
100 illustrations, plus sidebars and vignettes. These visuals will include tech
ni-colour and black/white photos, full colour reproductions of art work, line dr
awings, and a few charts and graphs. Part of the appeal of this book is the emph
asis on visuals to attract the general reading public, to aid in reader retentio
n of the textual material and to document the people, places and things for post
erity. ExaABOUT THE AUTHOR
Albert Williams, (47) was born in Emsworth in the United Kingdom (UK) on June 10
th 1962. At the age of ten, he migrated to the Commonwealth of Dominica with his
father.
mples of such a book would be the 2007,coffee table book: ‘Reggae Scrape Book’ (
ISBN 13: 978-1-933784-23-6) by Roger Steffens and Peter Simon

I estimate that a polished draft will be delivered to the publishers in 24 month

s from signing the publishing contract.
From the age of 12 he became a follower of The RastafarI movement and by age 15,
upon graduating from the Dominica Grammar School, he dropped out of society and
 left the comforts of the town and headed for River Clear, a fruitful valley wit
h a rushing river of clear cool water. There he joined a group of his contempora
ries, and attempted to live the lifestyle of the dreads and proclaim the divinit
y of Emperor Haile Sellassie.
Between,1981 and 2002, his by-line appeared in all the local periodicals in Domi
nica: The Chronicle, The Tropical Star, The Independent, The Voice of the People
and The Sun as a free-lance contributor and columnist of scores of articles, sh
ort stories poems and other features. From June 2002 to March 2004 upon receivin
g a diploma in journalism/Short Story Writing from Harcourt Learning Direct, a c
orrespondence school, he was invited to join Dominica’s oldest and most read new
spaper: The Chronicle as a full-time reporter and photographer. While at the new
spaper, Albert joined the Media Workers Association of Dominica (MWAD), and serv
ed as its secretary for a few months.
Albert is recognised as a talented individual who has show a keen interest in ma
ny areas of the fine arts. Besides having written and self-published three bookl
ets of poetry and a collection of short stories, namely: Honourable Natty Dread,
(1982,1990&1996); One Dominica-Odes for I Beloved, (1985) and Through The Far E
ye ISBN 976-8155-00-0(1996) and Haunted Heritage and Other Stories ISBN 1-4241-0
680-X, In 1997, he was nominated for the DBS Radio FAME Award for Best Radio Pro
gram for the one-hour, literary radio program that he produced and presented for
the Dominica Writers Guild (DWG). The show, Review was aired on the Dominican F
M radio station, Kairi FM on Tuesday’s, Thursday’s and Sunday s. Albert is also
a founding member of the Dominica Writers’ Guild (DWG) established in 1982.In ad
dition, to being one of several young persons who founded the Frontline Cooperat
ive Bookstore in 1983.
He has worked with organisations such as the Inity of Rastafari Idren, The Movem
ent for Cultural Awareness (M.C.A.) and the Ethiopian World Federation Incorpora
ted (EWF Inc.) for which he served first as Sergeant-at arms and then secretary.
He has also worked along side persons such as Alwin Bully and Ophelia of the Go
vernment of the Commonwealth of Dominica s, Division of Culture; the Black Histo
ry Awareness Committee (B.H.A.C) and the Roseau Public Library, with which he ha
s organized dozens of public readings, book festivals, African liberations march
es and Bob Marley Awareness Days. He has also been called upon to facilitate wor
kshops in creative writing and is also noted as an excellent performance poet. H
e is married to Memphis-born, Tempie, author of Feelings ISBN 1-4241-0706-7

"Within the decade, the works of a few radical poets gained local attention sinc
e they defused some apprehensions about Dreads which had built up in the previou
s decade. Not only the works of Ras Mo but that of Ras Albert Williams accelerat
ed the rehabilitation of dreadlocked persons with the community. As one of the f
ounding members of the Frontline Co-operative and the DWG, Williams was partly r
esponsible for the resurgence of interest in poetry during the decade." irving w
. andre
author of distant voices , pond case press (ISBN 0-9699857-3-8) 1996
Sincerely
Sgd…………………..
Ras Albert and Tempie Williams