Emma Christiane Dash University of the West Indies

Edward Kamau Brathwaite

Introduction
Born in on May 11th 1930 in Bridgetown, Barbados. Attended Harrisons College, where he created a school newspaper Travelled to England on a Barbados Scholarship to continue his education. Education officer in Ghana He is the most recognizable symbol of Barbados literature. His most acknowledged achievement was the creation of the term Nation Language Winner of the 2006 International Griffin Poetry Prize Intellectual contributor to the understanding of the dialect used by slaves; enhanced the outlook people had on the slaves way of using the English language.

Overview
Explanation of his most credible term Nation Language Literature contributions; Kamau authored many poems, plays, essays and lectures. Explanation of his use of the word Creolization His search for identity in the Caribbean

Nation Language
Type of English slaves spoke. Adapted to the modern language; still spoken today. Developed through languages English, Spanish, French, Dutch Official languages. Hence referral creole English.

Literary Contributions

The Development The Arrivants of Creole Society in Jamaica, 17701820

History of the Voice

Born to Slow Horses

1971

1973

1979

2005

Explains how creolization occurred by the mixture of two different cultures.

In this book Kamau describes the search for identity of literature and scoiety.

Explains the term Nation Language

A series of poetic meditations.

Creolization
Many people from two separate cultures merging together in one environment. Kamau explains the term Creolization as way of seeing the society, not in terms of white and black, master and slave, in separate nuclear units, but as contributory parts of a whole (Brathwaite, The Development of Creole Society in Jamaica.307) Brathwaite also acknowledges the role Sexual relationships in creolization.

Kamaus Search for Identity in the Caribbean.

In his literature, he makes close connection to Africa by using the names of empires and towns in Africa Trying to remove the alienation felt by the Africans in the Caribbean. He tries to recreate the spirit of his African background.

Conclusion
Edward Kamau Brathwaite was successful in enlightening the the thoughts and ideas of many in the Caribbean and around the world with terms such as Nation Language and Creolization Provided knowledge of culture for the people of the Caribbean today.

Reading and Analysis of the Poem from the Emmigrants

Resources
Herbert, Sarah. "Caribbean: Nation Language." Caribbean Poetry: Barbados. 15 July 2002. Web. 1 July 2011. Brathwaite, Edward Kamau. History of the Voice. London: New Beacon, 1984. Print. Brathwaite, Edward Kamau. The Development of Creole Society in Jamaica. Oxford: Clarendon, 1971. Print. Murchison, Cherhonda N. "Edward "Kamau" Brathwaite." Writers of the Caribbean. 29 May 2003. East Carolina University, Department of English, Multicultural Literature Program. 1 July 2011. Kehinde, Ayo. "Edward Brathwaites The Arrivants and The Trope of Cultural Searching." The Journal of Pan African Studies 1 (2007): 182-98.