Kwame Dawes is director of the South Carolina Poetry Initiative and the University of South Carolina Arts Institute where he also teaches as distinguished poet in residence. Born in 1962 in Ghana ...

Professor of Literary Arts Kwame Dawes began his three-year term as the fourth poet laureate of Jamaica in January, taking on a role that seeks to foster greater appreciation for Jamaican poetry and ...

Kwame Dawes was born in Ghana and is a widely acclaimed poet, editor, critic, and musician whose work has brought him global recognition exploring themes such as identity, migration, and the human ...

Poet Kwame Dawes read a collection of his recent poetry for an audience of University students and faculty Wednesday evening. The event kicked off his semester-long residence at the University as part ...

Poet, playwright, novelist and teacher, Professor Kwame Dawes was recently awarded the ... books include the novel She’s Gone, musical biography Bob Marley: Lyrical Genius and the memoir A ...