Kamau was born on 11 May 1930 to Edward Hilton Brathwaite and his wife Beryl Emmeline, at the “Round House”, Bay Street, Barbados, the first of five children of the union.
Kamau was born on 11 May 1930 to Edward Hilton Brathwaite and his wife Beryl Emmeline, at the “Round House”, Bay Street, Barbados, the first of five children of the union.
This paper considers the impact of George Lamming on contemporary Barbadian culture, and traces the influence of his work on established, new and emerging creative artists.