Kamau Brathwaite

The Honourable Edward Kamau Brathwaite, CHB (; 11 May 1930 – 4 February 2020) was a Barbadian poet and academic. He was thought to be one of the major voices in the Caribbean literary canon.Staff (2011). "Kamau Brathwaite.", New York University, Department of Comparative Literature. He was a professor of Comparative Literature at New York University.

Brathwaite was the 2006 International Winner of the Griffin Poetry Prize, for his poem Born to Slow Horses.Staff (2006). "Kamau Brathwaite.", The Griffin Poetry Prize. The Griffin Poetry Prize, 2006.

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