" Adds] an important voice to the national conversation on race. A must read for scholars and enthusiasts of Caribbean literature." Janet J. Hampton, George Washington University

Charcoal and Cinnamonexplores the continuing redefinition of women of African descent in the Caribbean, focusing on the manner in which literature has influenced their treatment and contributed to the formation of their shifting identities.
While various studies have explored this subject, much of the existing research harbors a blindness to the literature of the non-English-speaking territories....