Masiola And Renato Tomei Rosanna

Rosanna Masiola is professor of English Studies and Translation, Department of Language Sciences, at the University for Foreigners of Perugia, Italy. She is on the scientific committee of Babel, Journal of the Federation of Interpreters and Translators. Her research interest is in the field of post-colonial studies and translation. She is a Fellow of The Linnean Society of London. Renato Tomei is a Ph.D. candidate in Jamaican and Ethiopian English at the University of Addis Ababa and Kingston, UWI. He has recently published a book on phytonyms, Forbidden Fruits. The Secret Names of Plants in Caribbean Culture (Morlacchi: Perugia). He is actively involved in the field of Rastafarian language and culture and Afro-Caribbean cultural studies.