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Acclaimed poet Edward Kamau Brathwaite passes away

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Acclaimed poet Edward Kamau Brathwaite, one of the godfathers of modern West Indian literature, who coined the term ” nation language” in championing creolisation in Caribbean culture and thought has died, four months short of his 90th  birthday.
He is credited with extensive writing and thought in developing the concept of Creole identity, a predominantly Afrocentric mindset.
This now leaves novelist George Lamming as the sole surviving Barbadian contributor to post-war Caribbean English literature, following the death of novelist Paule Marshall in the US.

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