Stewart Brown
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Dr Stewart Brown is an English poet
, university lecturer and scholar of African and Caribbean Literature.
, University of Birmingham
. He studied at Nottingham College of Education (a forerunner of Trent University
), Falmouth School of Art (now University College Falmouth
), the University of Sussex
, and the University of Wales, Aberystwyth (now Aberystwyth University). He is one of the foremost scholars of West Indian literature in the UK, and has edited several seminal works on the subject. Brown has taught at Bayero University
, Nigeria
, and at the University of the West Indies
, at its Jamaica
and Barbados
campuses.
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
, university lecturer and scholar of African and Caribbean Literature.
Life and Study
Stewart Brown is an English-born lecturer in Caribbean and African culture, particularly Literature, at the Centre of West African StudiesCentre of West African Studies
Centre of West African Studies is a division of the School of Historical Studies at the University of Birmingham . The centre provides teaching and research into issues of African development, culture, anthropology, sociology, politics, history, and the legacies of the African diaspora,...
, University of Birmingham
University of Birmingham
The University of Birmingham is a British Redbrick university located in the city of Birmingham, England. It received its royal charter in 1900 as a successor to Birmingham Medical School and Mason Science College . Birmingham was the first Redbrick university to gain a charter and thus...
. He studied at Nottingham College of Education (a forerunner of Trent University
Trent University
Trent University is a liberal arts and science-oriented institution located along the Otonabee River in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.The enabling legislation is the Trent University Act, 1962-63. The University was founded through the efforts of a citizens' committee interested in creating a...
), Falmouth School of Art (now University College Falmouth
University College Falmouth
University College Falmouth is a British university college in Falmouth, Cornwall. Founded in 1902, it had previously been the Falmouth School of Art and then Falmouth College of Arts until it received taught degree-awarding powers in March 2005...
), the University of Sussex
University of Sussex
The University of Sussex is an English public research university situated next to the East Sussex village of Falmer, within the city of Brighton and Hove. The University received its Royal Charter in August 1961....
, and the University of Wales, Aberystwyth (now Aberystwyth University). He is one of the foremost scholars of West Indian literature in the UK, and has edited several seminal works on the subject. Brown has taught at Bayero University
Bayero University
Bayero University Kano is a university situated in Kano, Kano State, Nigeria. It was founded in 1977, when it was renamed from Bayero University College and upgraded from university college to university; in 1980 it ceased functioning as a faculty of the Ahmadu Bello University...
, Nigeria
Nigeria
Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
, and at the University of the West Indies
University of the West Indies
The University of the West Indies , is an autonomous regional institution supported by and serving 17 English-speaking countries and territories in the Caribbean: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Dominica,...
, at its Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
and Barbados
Barbados
Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...
campuses.
Publications
- Elsewhere: New and Selected Poems (Leeds: Peepal Tree Press, 1999)
- Kiss and Quarrel: Yoruba/English Strategies of Mediation [ed.] (Birmingham: Birmingham University African Studies Series, 2000)
- All Are Involved: The Art of Martin Carter (Leeds: Peepal Tree Press, 2000)
- The Art of Kamau Brathwaite [ed.] (Seren, 1995).