African-American literature. African-American literature is the body of literature produced in the United States by writers of African descent. It begins with the works of such late 18th-century writers as Phillis Wheatley. Before the high point of slave narratives, African-American literature was dominated by autobiographical spiritual narratives. The genre known as slave narratives in the 19th century were accounts by people who had generally escaped from slavery, about their journeys to freedom and ways they claimed thei
The name Malcolm is an American baby name. In American the meaning of the name Malcolm is: Servant of Saint Columba. Gaelic Meaning: The name Malcolm is a Gaelic baby name. In Gaelic the meaning of the name Malcolm is: Servant/disciple of Columba.
Malcolm is the anglicized form of the Scottish-Gaelic âMael MÃ¡elâ coluim which was a given name created in honor Of. St, columba a very famous and important saint to The. scotsherefore, the root etymology of Malcolm is one who is a follower or servant of St. Columba. St. Columba was a 6th century Irish monk who is credited with converting most of Scotland and Northern England to Christianity. Columba basically did for the Picts what St. Patrick had done for the Irish and Irish Scots.