George Lamming
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George William Lamming OCC was a Barbadian novelist, essayist, and poet. He first won critical acclaim for In the Castle of My Skin, his 1953 debut novel. He also held academic posts, including as a d
Photo of Lamming by Carl Van Vechten, 1955
Lamming in 1988
Caribbean Voices
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Caribbean Voices is a radio programme broadcast by the BBC World Service from Bush House in London, England, between 1943 and 1958. It is considered "the programme in which West Indian literary talent
George Lamming
…broadcaster for the BBC Colonial Service. His writings were published in the Barbadian magazine Bim, edited by his teacher Frank Collymore, and the BBC's Caribbean Voices radio series broadcast his poems and short prose. Lamming himself read poems on Caribbean Voices, including some by the young Derek Walcott. Lamming's…
Pauline Henriques and Samuel Selvon reading a story on Caribbean Voices, 1952.