Mahakoe, Kamau

Kamau Mahakoe is the 2014 recipient of the Marcus Garvey Centennial Award (UNIA Jamaica Chapter) for contribution to the field of Education. She also received the "Outstanding Educator" award from the University of Chicago 2014. She is a two-time national adult champion in the Jamaica Library Service National Reading Competition. Kamau has to date authored seven books, four of which are novels. Kamau Mahakoe has been a homeschool tutor for almost two decades. In addition to being a passionate and prolific writer, she works in Portmore, Jamaica, as a private tutor.