Edmund Jenkins (April 9, 1894 – 1926) was an African American composer during the Harlem Renaissance. Jenkins studied music at Morehouse College in Atlanta with Kemper Herrald, and played and directed the bands of his father's orphanage in Charleston, SC. He went to England with the band in 1914 and remained there studying at the venerable Royal Academy of Music 1914-1921. He spent the most of his life abroad.
A Holstein prize was awarded for his piece, African War Dance and also for his Sonata in A minor for violoncello, in 1925. In 1925 in Belgium, his work Carlestonia, a rhapsody for orchestra—noted for its "Negro" themes—was performed. In London, Charlestonia: Negro Symphony was performed in 1919. His career which included jazz/dance band recordings (London: 1921) and in Europe was ended by an early death in Paris where he had settled in 1924.
The Music of Black Americans: A History. Eileen Southern. W. W. Norton & Company; 3rd edition. ISBN 0-393-97141-4