Erna Brodber
Erna Brodber (born 20 April 1940) is a Jamaican writer, sociologist and social activist.[1] She is the sister of writer Velma Pollard.
Biography
Born in Woodside, Saint Mary Parish, Jamaica, she gained a B.A. from the University College of the West Indies, followed by an M.Sc and Ph.D. She subsequently worked as a civil servant, teacher, sociology lecturer, and at the Institute for Social and Economic Research in Mona, Jamaica.[1]
She is the author of four novels: Jane and Louisa Will Soon Come Home (1980), Myal (1988), Louisiana (1994) and The Rainmaker's Mistake[2] (2007). She won the Caribbean and Canadian regional Commonwealth Writers' Prize in 1989 for Myal.[3] In 1999 she received the Jamaican Musgrave Gold Award for Literature and Orature.[4] Brodber currently works as a freelance writer, researcher and lecturer in Jamaica. She is currently Writer in Residence at the University of the West Indies.
Bibliography
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Novels[5]
- Nothing's Mat (University of West Indies Press, 2014), ISBN 978-9766404949[6]
- The Rainmaker's Mistake (New Beacon Books, 2007), ISBN 978-1873201206
- Louisiana (New Beacon Books, 1994)
- Myal: A Novel (New Beacon Books, 1988), ISBN 978-0901241863
- Jane and Louisa Will Soon Come Home (New Beacon Books, 1980)
Articles for the Institute for Social and Economic Research, Jamaica[5]
- "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
- Woodside, Pear Tree Grove P.O. (University of the West Indies Press, 2004), ISBN 978-9766401528
- The Second Generation of Freemen in Jamaica, 1907-1944 (University Press of Florida, 2004), ISBN 978-0-8130-2759-3
- The Continent of Black Consciousness: On the History of the African Diaspora from Slavery to the Present (New Beacon Books, 2003), ISBN 978-1-873201-17-6
References
- 1 2 Lichtenstein, David P. "A Brief Biography of Erna Brodber". Literature of the Caribbean. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
- ↑ Annie Paul, "Black rain", Caribbean Review of Books, February 2008.
- ↑ Harris, Jennifer. "Career and Awards". biography.jrank.org. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
- ↑ "Erna Brodber", The Spaces between Words - Conversations with Writers.
- 1 2 Lichtenstein, David P. "Works". Literature of the Caribbean. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
- ↑ http://www.uwipress.com/books/nothing’s-mat
External links
- Brodber, Erna. "The Pioneering Miss Bailey". Jamaica Journal. Digital Library of the Caribbean. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
- Brodber, Erna. "Oral Sources and the Creation of a Social History in the Caribbean". Jamaica Journal. Digital Library of the Caribbean. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
- Brodber, Erna. "Review of "Myal"". Jamaica Journal. Digital Library of the Caribbean. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
- O'Callaghan, Evelyn. "Review of Erna Brodber's Jane and Louisa Will Soon Come Home". Jamaica Journal. Digital Library of the Caribbean. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
- Romero, Ivette (July 2010). "Erna Brodber, Winner of the Bridget Jones Award for Caribbean Studies". Repeating Islands.com. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
- "Traditional Folklore and the Question of History in Erna Brodber's Louisiana" by Jérémie Kroubo Dagnini for the Journal of Pan African Studies On-Line, December 2011.
- Mel Cooke, "Erna Brodber presents her freedom song", Jamaica Gleaner, 18 May 2007.
- Keshia Abraham, Interview with Erna Brodber, BOMB 86/Winter 2004.
- Nadia Ellis Russell, "Crossing borders - An interview with writer, scholar, and activist Erna Brodber", Woodside, Jamaica, 7 May 2001.