Erna Brodber
Erna Brodber (born April 20, 1940) is a Jamaican writer and sociologist.[1] Born in Woodside, Saint Mary Parish, Jamaica, she won the Caribbean and Canadian regional Commonwealth Writers' Prize in 1989 for her novel Myal[2]. Brodber currently works as a freelance writer, researcher and lecturer in Jamaica. She is currently teaching a semester at the University of Richmond.
Bibliography
Novels[3]
- Louisiana (New Beacon Books, 1994)
- Myal: A Novel (New Beacon Books, 1988)
- Jane and Louisa Will Soon Come Home (New Beacon Books, 1980)
Articles for the Institute for Social and Economic Research, Jamaica[3]
- Abandonment of Children in Jamaica (1974)
- Yards in the City of Kingston (1975)
- Reggae and Cultural Identity in Jamaica (1981)
- Perceptions of Caribbean Women: Toward a Documentation of Stereotypes (1982)
Non-fiction
- The Second Generation of Freemen in Jamaica, 1907-1944 (2004), University Press of Florida, ISBN 9780813027593
- The Continent of Black Consciousness: on the history of the African diaspora from slavery to the present (2003), New Beacon Books Ltd., ISBN 9781873201176
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