Brathwaite, Kamau, 1930-2020
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Name (Latin)
Brathwaite, Kamau, 1930-2020
Other forms of name
Brathwaite, E. Kamau (Edward Kamau), 1930-2020
Brathwaite, Edward Kamau, 1930-2020
Brathwaite, Edward, 1930-2020
Brathwaite, Kamau, 1930-
Brathwaite, Edward, 1930-
Brathwaite, Edward Kamau, 1930-
Date of birth
1930-05-11
Date of death
2020-02-04
Place of birth
Bridgetown (Barbados)
Associated country
Barbados
Occupation
College teachers
Dramatists
Editors
Historians
Poets
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
Fuller form of name
Edward Kamau
Biographical or Historical Data
b. 1930
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- 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))
- Letter from author, dated 11-4-93(my official name and that which I intend on using on all my books is Kamau Brathwaite)
- 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)
- His Iouanaloa, 1963.
- His The folk culture of the slaves in Jamaica, 1981:t.p. (Edward Kamau Brathwaite)
- His Middle passages, 1992:t.p. (Kamau Brathwaite)
- Letter from author, dated 11-4-93(my official name and that which I intend on using on all by books is Kamau Brathwaite)
- Three Caribbean poets on their work, c1993:t.p. (E. Kamau Brathwaite)
- Eastern Carolina U Writers of the Caribbean WWW site, Mar. 30, 2004(Edward "Kamau" Brathwaite, b. Bridgetown, Barbados, May 11, 1930)