"George Lamming is one of the most important writers in the African diaspora, and one whose work has touched illuminatingly on significant aspects of colonialism, postcolonialism, and other matters vitally important to our comprehension of the worlds in which we live."
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Brown University facultyDuke University facultyAnthologists20th-century male writersNovelists from Barbados
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George Lamming
George William Lamming OCC (born and died in Barbados; 8 June 1927 – 4 June 2022) was a writer and professor.
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