‘West Indian by conviction’: The Caribbean says farewell to poet and author Ian McDonald
29 Jul 2026, 16:29 GMT
By Janine Mendes-Franco
Topic: Antigua and Barbuda
Source URL: https://globalvoices.org/2026/07/29/west-indian-by-conviction-the-caribbean-says-farewell-to-poet-and-author-ian-mcdonald/
“Ian McDonald was the Caribbean made flesh [...] He was a poet of rare grace, a scribe of eloquence, a keeper of our fragile, fierce cultural flame.”