Colin Bobb-Semple was born in Guyana (then British Guiana), South America, and has resided in England since the age of fourteen. He attained a Bachelor's Degree in Law, Master's Degrees in Law and in Criminal Justice, and is qualified to practise as a lawyer/attorney in three jurisdictions.He practised as a solicitor in England for several years and was a Senior Lecturer on the Bar Vocational Course at the Inns of Court School of Law/City University, Gray's Inn, London, for twenty years. He was Coordinator for Human Rights on that Course for several years. He also lectured on the LL.M in Criminal Litigation at City University, London, and was Sentencing Subject Leader for several years. He was a member of the Race Relations Sub-Committee of the National Council for Civil Liberties in the 1970's, and a member of the Race Relations Committee and the Equality Policy Sub-Committee of the Bar Council of England and Wales for seven years. He was a member of the Board of Visitors (Prison Monitors) at Her Majesty's Prison, Wormwood Scrubs, London, for six years.He has published extensively in the fields of Criminal Justice, Racial Equality, Legal History, Prison issues and Human Rights. He has special interests in researching the Ancient Egyptian source of Greek, Roman, European and English Law, and the legal history of African enslavement, Emancipation, the African Holocaust and the Movement for Reparations.He received a Lifetime Achievement Award from Black Solicitors Network in the UK in 2007 for his accomplishments in legal practice and in legal education, and an Award for Excellence in Legal Education from The City Law School, City University, London, in 2007, for teaching on the Master of Laws Degree.