This engrossing, detailed volume of the origins of Creole dialect affirms its authenticity as the lingua franca of the Caribbean and validates Creole as the authoritative mode of communication in speech, literature, and the performing arts.
Belinda Edmondson is Professor of English and African American & African Studies at Rutgers University, Newark. She is the author of several books on Caribbean literature and has won numerous grants and fellowships for her research. She is an elected member of the Johns Hopkins University Society of Scholars.