Trinidad and Tobago literature

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Trinidad and Tobago literature has its roots in oral storytelling among

West Indian literature
.

Origins

One of the earliest works in the

Anglophone Caribbean literature was Jean-Baptiste Philippe's 1824 work, Free Mulatto.[1] Michel Maxwell Philip's 1854 work, Emmanuel Appadocca: A Tale of the Boucaneers, is considered[by whom?
] the country's first novel.

Notable writers

See also

  • West Indian literature

References

  1. ^ Gerard Besson, "J.B. Philippe", The Caribbean History Archives, Paria Publishing Co. Ltd, 10 August 2011.

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