Shake Keane (1927-97), musician and poet, was a trend-setting but troubled Caribbean icon. Born in St Vincent, he migrated to London in the early 1950s where he became an important figure in the free-form jazz scene. A return to his birthplace was blighted by politics, and his last decades were spent in New York City and Norway.
The collection features a series of nuanced and witty poems that capture the essence of Canouan, a small Caribbean island in the Grenadines. Through rich illustrations, the poems explore themes of beauty and melancholy, revealing the island's unique charm and emotional depth.
This bold inter-disciplinary study analyses the history, retention and development of frontier processes in the Eastern Caribbean multi-island state of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. -- .