Barton is a direct descendant of Gyorgis, an Ethiopian Lady of royal background who migrated from Gondar, Ethiopia to the Caribbean during the 1830's. He is also the descendant of a Black Carib great grandfather. The Garifunas are the descendants of ancient African merchants and mariners who had established trading relations with the Americas, hundreds of years before Christ. Paul is a graduate of Fresno Pacific University with a Bachelor degree in business management. He is a prolific writer and specializes in ancient African history, World Black history and culture and epic novels dealing with the exploits of ancient African royalty and adventurers with a mixture of fact and fiction.