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Bontemps

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[bon-tahm, bawn-tahn] / bɒnˈtɑm, bɔ̃ˈtɑ̃ /

noun

  1. Arna Wendell 1902–73, U.S. author.


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Frankie Bontemps, a second generation Chagossian in the UK, told the BBC that he felt "betrayed" and "angry" on Thursday because "Chagossians have never been involved" in the negotiations.

From BBC Oct. 3, 2024

I think of Arna Bontemps recalling the Watts of his childhood in the 1931 novel “God Sends Sunday.”

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 14, 2022

Our own Tim Bontemps predicts Washington will finish second in the Southeast division behind Atlanta, qualify for the playoffs as the sixth seed and lose in the first round.

From Washington Post Oct. 26, 2016

Edited by the Howard University philosophy professor Alain Locke and dedicated, rather grandly, to ‘‘the Younger Generation,’’ the volume included contributions from Jean Toomer, Zora Neale Hurston, Arna Bontemps and Langston Hughes.

From New York Times Feb. 2, 2016

Guinand’s process was further developed in France by Guinand’s sons and subsequently by Bontemps and E. Feil.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" by Various

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