Quote of the day
Everywhere I go, I'm asked if I think the universities stifle writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many a bestseller that could have been prevented by a good teacher.
Kamau Brathwaite

Born: May 11, 1930
Died: February 4, 2020 (aged 89)
Bio: Edward Kamau Brathwaite was a Barbadian poet and academic, widely considered one of the major voices in the Caribbean literary canon.
Known for:
- The arrivants (1973)
- Born to Slow Horses (2005)
- History of the voice (1984)
- Elegguas (2010)