Marina Ama Omowale Maxwell
Marina Ama Omowale Maxwell | |
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| Born | Marina Jesslyn Crichlow November 10, 1934 |
| Died | September 30, 2024 (age 89) Curepe, Trinidad Trinidad and Tobago |
| Nationality | Trinidadian Jamaican |
| Other names | Marina Maxwell |
| Education | University of the West Indies, Michigan State University |
| Occupation(s) | Playwright, performer, poet, novelist, activist, educator |
| Notable work | Play Mas; About our own business; Chopstix in Mauby; Decades to Ama |
| Spouse | John William Maxwell 1934-2010 (divorced) |
| Children | 1 |
| Parent(s) | Felix Augustus Crichlow, MD, Beryl Archbald Crichlow, |
Marina Ama Omowale Maxwell, also known as Marina Maxwell was a Trinidadian playwright, performer, poet and novelist. She was associated with the Caribbean Artists Movement in London in the late 1960s, working with Edward Kamau Brathwaite, while back in the Caribbean she was responsible for developing the experimental Yard Theatre, which was "an attempt to place West Indian theatre in the life of the people [...] to find it in the yards where people live and are." The concept of "yard theatre" was considered revolutionary, according to Brathwaite, because it not only "rejected/ignored... traditional/ colonial Euro-American theatre," it also "provided a viable and creative alternative."