Brathwaite, Kamau, 1930-2020

found: His The folk culture of the slaves in Jamaica, 1981:t.p. (Edward Kamau Brathwaite)

found: Letter from author, dated 11-4-93(my official name and that which I intend on using on all my books is Kamau Brathwaite)

found: Eastern Carolina U Writers of the Caribbean WWW site, Mar. 30, 2004(Edward "Kamau" Brathwaite, b. Bridgetown, Barbados, May 11, 1930)

found: Dictionary of African Biography, accessed via The Oxford African American Studies Center online database, July 27, 2014:(Brathwaite, Edward Kamau, born Lawson Edward Brathwaite; Caribbean poet, historian, dramatist, and cultural theorist, educator, literary critic, magazine and journal editor / publisher); born 1930 in Bridgetown, Barbados; given the name "Kamau" while in Kenya; BA (1953) and Diploma of Education (1954) from Pembroke College, Cambridge; doctorate from the University of Sussex; worked for the Ministry of Education in Gold Coast (now Ghana); was a Resident Tutor in the Department of Extra-Mural Studies in St. Lucia; professor of history at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus, in Kingston, Jamaica cofounded the Caribbean Artists Movement (CAM) from London, launched CAM's journal, Savacou; professor of comparative literature at New York University; won various prestigious awards, including the Neustadt International Prize for Literature (1994))

found: Wikipedia, 10 Feb. 2021(Kamau Brathwaite; Edward Kamau Brathwaite; b. 11 May 1930 in Bridgetown, Barbados; d. 4 Feb. 2020 in Barbados; Barbadian poet and academic; professor emeritus of comparative literature at New York University; resided in New York and Barbados; male pronouns)