A leader of the roots-reggae revival during the 1990s, Yasus Afari shows similar passion for the preservation of Jamaica's creative arts.
The poet's latest venture, the Jamaica Poetry Festival, t.
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Come August 13, the late Harry Belafonte, Louise Bennett-Coverley, and poet Khalil Gibran will be honoured at the Jamaica Poetry Festival.
"I just hasten to say that we have been engaging wit.
The influence of Trinidad-born, US-based Caribbeanist scholar Sandra Pouchet Paquet in shaping decades of intellectual and critical thought is impossible to understate, the Bocas Lit Fest has said. The festival is awarding her the 2023 Bocas Henry Swanzy Award for Distinguished Service to Caribbean Letters, in recognition of her pioneering contributions to academia, literature and