Background
Ford was born in Barbados to Edward Thomas Ford and Elizabeth Augustine Ford. He grew up to became a musician in the Royal Navy before settling in the United States.
Ford was born in Barbados to Edward Thomas Ford and Elizabeth Augustine Ford. He grew up to became a musician in the Royal Navy before settling in the United States.
Talented as a linguist, poet, musician and composer of many Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-Anterior Cruciate Ligament) songs, Ford co-authored The Universal Ethiopian Anthem with Benjamin East. Burrell. Ford officially functioned as director of UNIA Band, Orchestra, Band of the African Legion, and the Liberty Hall Choir. He published the Universal Ethiopian Hymnal in 1920.
He died there in 1935.