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2 unusual facts about George Lamming


George Lamming

George William Lamming was born on 8 June 1927 in Carrington Village, Barbados, of mixed African and English parentage.

He entered academia in 1967 as a writer-in-residence and lecturer in the Creative Arts Centre and Department of Education at the University of the West Indies, Kingston (1967–68).


Frank Collymore

He also taught for 50 years at Combermere School, where he sought out and encouraged prospective writers in his classes, notably George Lamming.


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