Dawes, who was born in Ghana, said he plans to work in schools to help revive an interest in reading and teaching poetry.

Dawes, who has written dozens of books of poetry, fiction, essays and criticism, looks to celebrate Jamaican writing, oral ...

Widely acclaimed poet Professor Kwame Dawes has been appointed Poet Laureate of Jamaica for 2025 to 2028. In the ceremony of ...

"Pollard’s readings [demonstrate] the diversity of her work [...] At its most characteristic, her writing assumes a ...

J Chambers wrote this amazing poem to kick off Black History Month on Blue Peter, written especially for the show. J is a spoken word artist and takes his inspiration from his Jamaican heritage ...

Claude McKay, one of the most influential figures in the Harlem Renaissance, left behind a rich collection of poetry that ...

McKay’s political radicalism was tied to his affinity with working-class life in all its diversity ­— a long-standing public commitment which began with his early Jamaican poems about the lives of ...