Edward Kamau Brathwaite

Edward Kamau Brathwaite (born 11 May 1930, Bridgetown, Barbados, died 4 February 2020, Barbados) 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.