By Kelly Baker Josephs ● Caribbean Innovation (15 May 2020)
Kamau Brathwaite (1930–2020) | Icon
On his ninetieth birthday, 11 May, 2020, Kelly Baker Josephs explains the groundbreaking influence of the late Barbadian poet and scholar, perennially ahead of his time. An online exclusive
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By James Ferguson ● Issue 85 (May/June 2007)
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By Philip Nanton ● Issue 63 (September/October 2003)
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