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The Essay Caribbean Voices Episodes

    Colin Grant on VS Naipaul

    5/5 A personal memory of the controversial Nobel laureate, who began his career in radio.

    Jen McDerra on Gladys Lindo

    4/5 The Jamaican woman of letters behind Henry Swanzy discovered hidden in the archives

    Kei Miller on Louise Bennett

    3/5 A moving recollection of 'Miss Lou', maternal love and Jamaican dialect

    Paul Mendez on Andrew Salkey

    2/5 Reimagining the man at the centre of the black literary scene in the mid-20th century

    Sara Collins on Una Marson

    1/5 A personal search for the poetry and 'voice' of a trailblazing Jamaican broadcaster