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Edward Kamau Brathwaite (1930-2020)

Item

Title
Edward Kamau Brathwaite (1930-2020)
Institution
Pembroke College Library, Cambridge
Collection Title
Pembroke College Archive
Creator(s)
Jamaica Observer, The Guardian, Peepal Tree Press
Description/Scope and Content
Printouts from the online editions of the Jamaica Observer and the Guardian and tributes collated on the Peepal Tree Press website. Brathwaite was born in 1930 in Bridgetown, Barbados. He was educated at Harrison College, before receiving the Barbados Island Scholarship to attend the University of Cambridge. He studied English and History at Pembroke College, receiving his BA in History in 1953, and then a Diploma of Education in 1954. Brathwaite was a well-regarded poet and academic, and one of the major writers in the Caribbean literary canon. He co-founded the Caribbean Artists Movement in London in 1966. He was elected an Honorary Fellow of Pembroke College in 2016. He died in 2020 at the age of 89.
Date
2020
Identifier
GBR/1058/COL/11/2/Brathwaite/1
Language
English
Extent
1 file
Collection Type
College Archives (students)
Level of Processing
catalogued to item level on ArchiveSearch
Type of Materials/Format
paper printouts
Related Collections: Types of Materials
Pembroke College Archive; Pembrochiana, 1419 - 2022. College Archives - student/staff records
Presevation/Conservation concerns
None
Copyright
in copyright
Notes
Printed by the Archivist in February and August 2020.
Item sets
Cambridge