Kamau Brathwaite - Caribbean Writers and Their Art: History, the Caribbean and the Imagination 1991

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Edward Baugh of the University of the West Indies in Mona, Jamaica, introduces the series "Caribbean Writers and Their Art." He introduces Barbadian poet-historian Kamau Brathwaite, who explains his role as co-director of the first Caribbean Writer's Summer Institute in 1991. The pair discuss Miami, Florida, as a Caribbean space, the Caribbean region and its history, colonialism, and Caribbean literature. Brathwaite gives an oral biography, a short narrative of his literary career, including colonial versus indigenous influences (such as John Keats) on his writing, and the impact of rhythms on language. Brathwaite closes with a few poems -- "Calypso" Jazz Poems, "Atumpan" -- and discusses his visit to Ghana.
Note: Producer: Dr. Margaret McLaughlin; Director: Joseph Dunn; Assistant Director: Bernie Siy; Cameras: Victor Carlisle, Doris Larrazabal; Graphic: Catherine McCarthy; Lithographs by Jamaican Artist: Susan Shirley; Furnished by the Virginia Miller Art Gallery; Additional Set Materials: Jamaica Tourist Board; Caribbean Writers and Their Art is sponsored by the University of Miami's English Department and is produced in cooperation with the Dade County Cable Television Access Project; Cable-Tap
The Caribbean Writers Summer Institute, hosted by the University of Miami English Department, was held for five weeks during the summer in Miami, Florida, from 1991 through 1996. Each year the program arranged public readings and interviews at a variety of locations in Miami.
The Honourable Edward Kamau Brathwaite, (11 May 1930 - 4 February 2020), was a Barbadian poet and academic, widely considered one of the major voices in the Caribbean literary canon. Formerly a professor of Comparative Literature at New York University, Brathwaite was the 2006 International Winner of the Griffin Poetry Prize, for his volume of poetry Born to Slow Horses.
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Demasiado hermoso el trabajo de Kamau Brathwaite.
Thank you a lot for sharing this amazing video.

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was hoping for more minutes and words on Ghana!!!!!!! africa is the future of all africans

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Very interesting.

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Thank you!