‘Guiana’s Poet Great’: Egbert Martin and the Beginnings of the Afro-Guyanese Literary Tradition

Activity Lecture
Host Moray House Trust
Date Wednesday 27th February 2019

Egbert Martin, also known as ‘Leo’ was a bedridden poet whose work was first published in the nineteenth century and, more recently, by the Caribbean Press. Leo Martin worked within the traditional form of poetry. The late Ras Michael reads Leo Martin’s poem, The Almshouse, in this clip.