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Lasana Sekou

Lasana M. Sekou, author, poet, short story writer. Among Sekou’s 13 books of poetry, monologues, and short stories are 37 Poems, The Salt Reaper – Poems from the flats and Brotherhood of the Spurs. The writings of the St. Martin author have been required reading at Caribbean and North America universities. Sekou’s poetry and reviews of his work have appeared in Callaloo, The Massachusetts Review, Del Caribe, De Gids, Das Gedicht, Prometeo, World Literature Today, Postcolonial Text, Caribbean Review of Books, and Boundary 2. His poems have been translated into Spanish, Dutch, German, and Chinese. Awards and honors include an IWW Visiting Fellow (Hong Kong Baptist University), a James Michener Fellow (University of Miami), a knighthood (The Netherlands), Recognition for literary excellence in the service of Caribbean unity (Dominican Republic), Culture Time Literary Artist of the Decade, Carlos Cooks Community Service Award, Distinguished Visitor (La Romana, Dominican Republic), and CTO/Conde Nast Award of Excellence. Sekou is an advocate for the independence and unification of St. Martin, which is a colony of France and the Netherlands.

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Born 1959

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  • Cover of: Fête: celebrating St. Martin's traditional festive music

    First published in 1992 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The Salt Reaper: Poems from the Flats

    First published in 2004 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Love Songs Make You Cry

    First published in 1988 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: National symbols of St. Martin: a primer

    First published in 1996 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Quimbe: Poetics of sound

    First published in 1991 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Brotherhood of the spurs

    First published in 2007 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Hurricane protocol

    First published in 2019 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Where I see the sun: contemporary poetry in the Virgin Islands : Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Anegada, Jost Van Dyke : a new anthology

    First published in 2016 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Book of The Dead

    First published in 2016 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The Independence papers: readings on a new political status for St. Maarten/St. Martin

    First published in 1990 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Big Up St. Martin: Essay & Poem - Colony, Territory, or Partner? (essay), The Cubs are in the Field (long poem)

    First published in 1999 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Caribbean Hurricane: A Social Studies Guide

    First published in 2005 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Images in the yard

    First published in 1983 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Maroon lives for Grenadian freedom fighters

    First published in 1983 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Mothernation: poems from 1984 to 1987

    First published in 1991 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Nativity & dramatic monologues for today

    First published in 1988 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Maroon lives: tribute to Maurice Bishop & Grenadian Freedom Fighters

    First published in 2013 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Corazón de pelícano: antología poética de Lasana M. Sekou

    First published in 2012 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Nativity=: Nativité = Natividad

    First published in 2010 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Born here: Lasana M. Sekou

    First published in 1986 — 1 edition
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Born 1959

Subjects

Poetry, Blacks, Caribbean poetry (English), Grenadian Revolutionary poetry, History, West Indian poetry (English), African Americans, African Mythology, Autonomy and independence movements, Biography, Black nationalism, Black people, British Virgin Islands poetry, Description and travel, Dramatic monologues, Fiction, Fiction, fantasy, general, History and criticism, Hurricanes, Mythology, African, Natural history, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Politics and government, Popular music, Revolutionary poetry, Grenadian

Places

Saint Martin (West Indies), Grenada, Saint Martin, Caribbean Area, Sint Maarten (Netherlands Antilles), West Indies

People

Maurice Bishop

Time

1974-1983, 21st century

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