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 ...

Renowned poet Kwame Dawes was on Wednesday morning installed as Jamaica's fourth Poet Laureate since Independence. Professor Dawes, speaking at the investiture ceremony at King's House, stressed the ...

From undergraduates transferring from other institutions to students starting master’s degree programs, nearly 200 students embarked on their Brown journeys in late January. PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and attorneys general from three other states on Tuesday filed a federal lawsuit seeking challenging President Trump's attempt to end ...

Kwame Dawes. Image from YouTube uploaded by Poets' House. Jamaica will honor its new Poet Laureate, Professor Kwame Dawes, in an investiture ceremony on Wednesday, January 22, at King’s House, ...

The Minister of Education-designate, Haruna Iddrisu; the Minister of Roads and Highways-designate, Kwame Governs Agbodza; and the Minister of Food and Agriculture-designate, Eric Opoku ...

Officers said they discovered three men with fatal gunshot wounds on Theodore Dawes Road an I-10 at 7:34 pm. Police discovered the three men had been in a fight with a known male when another ...

THE family of tragic Kiena Dawes face a fresh fight after her abusive boyfriend vowed to get custody of their daughter. Ryan Wellings was jailed for six and a half years last week. He was ...

It took only four minutes, but there was stuff all over them and the floor. I was like, 'Where did this dirt come from?' I grabbed the vacuum and vacuumed it up and continued about my day." ...

Officers responding to the area of eastbound Interstate 10 and Theodore Dawes Road around 7:35 p.m. in reference to a person shot found three people with gunshot wounds who died on the scene ...

Ryan Wellings, 30, was cleared of the unlawful killing of Kiena Dawes, who was 23, and who left a note calling her partner a "monster" who had "killed me". She left the note and their nine-month ...