Kwame Dawes

Badilisha Poetry – Pan-African Poets by Badilisha Poetry – Pan-African Poets

Jul 24, 20144:37Arts

Ghanaian-born Jamaican poet, Kwame Dawes is the award-winning author of sixteen books of poetry (most recently, Wheels, 2011) and numerous books of fiction, non-fiction, criticism and drama. He is the Glenna Luschei Edit...

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