Born:(1953-07-31) 31 July 1953 (age 72), Nassau, The Bahamas
Awards:Casa de las Américas Prize (1995);, Triennial Award for Women (2014)
Alma mater:McGill University; Wolfson College, Cambridge University; Columbia University
Occupations:Poet, essayist, filmmaker, human and gender rights activist
Notable work:Guanahani, My Love (2009);, Bougainvillea Ringplay (2009);, Womanish Ways: Freedom, Human Rights & Democracy, the Women's Suffrage Movement in The Bahamas 1934 to 1962 (2012)