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Rosalind Hasana Fitch-Scott
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Background

Rosalind Hasana Fitch-Scott was born on 18th August 1969 on Max Yagsur's dairy farm in Bethel, New York during one of the most famous music festivals of all times, Woodstock. Her mother and father both of African descent, had not been expecting the delivery of her and her twin brother Pete Abu Jr. until mid- September and were delighted to welcome them into the world surrounded by great music and their excentric hippy friends. Although Rose was the (ever so slighty) elder of the two, hence her name Hasana meaning First born of twins (West Africa), Abu was in effect a father figure to her and all through their childhood he acted as protector and defender of his sister whom he cherished. Abu whose name actually means father (North African roots), was Rose's inspiration for many of her works of Art and Poetry and she continually gives him credit for her fame. In 1991, at the age of 22, Pete Abu Jr. left his family in New York to pursue a life of tranquil reflection in the East Indian Hills. In 1992, having received no news of her beloved brother, Rose set off in a ship across the Atlantic in hope of finding him. She docked in Liverpool on the 2nd December 1992, where she met Captain Billy Scott. They soon fell madly in love and it is with his help that she managed to track down her brother. The siblings sent long letters to each other for many years until they both discovered the internet and they started to send emails (much to the dismay of the Buddhist monks Abu was living with.)

Career and Personal Life

Rose Hasana has created many inspiring pieces of Art and poetry. Her Magnus Opus is undoubtedly " A walk by the Mersey River" where she names the many fish found in the murky waters in rhyming couplets. When she and Billy Scott moved to Scotland in 1998 after having been exiled from the city of Liverpool- Rose expressed in her paintings a deep sense of longing to be back in her adopted mother land of Northern England. In 1999, Rose gave birth to her first child, Andromaque Hawa Scott. Hawa means "longing" in Kiswahili. Rose has for many years now juggled a life of child raising and writing. She is currently a columnist for the reputed journal "The Scottish Review" which is an entertaining mixture of commentary, essays, biography and travel. She has four children- Andromaque Hawa, Lukingood Mawebi, Sean-Philip Achufusi and Christian Taona. She hopes one day to travel the World on a Flying Cloud.