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Oswald Francis book donations planned for schools, library and prison

MAC Browlia Maillard Campus received Oswald Francis’s debut book on 26 October, according to Victorious Living Publishing.

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MAC Browlia Maillard Campus received a copy of educator Oswald Francis’s debut book, In Emilio Wilson Park with Uncle Joe, on Monday 26 October 2026, according to Victorious Living Publishing. Dr. Nicole E. Francis Cotton, Francis’s daughter and the publisher, presented the book during the school’s morning assembly.

Tessa Davis-Marsham, the campus’s school manager, received the copy with a pupil. Victorious Living Publishing said Davis-Marsham and Francis Cotton were former pupils of Francis at MAC. The publisher said further copies are to be given to additional schools, the public library and the prison as remaining books arrive.

Francis Cotton also led devotions with a story about contentment for pupils from kindergarten through Grade 6, according to the publisher. Walton Publishing House is listed as a publishing partner for the book.

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