Novelist Jamaica Kincaid was born in St. John’s, Antigua, in the West Indies, in 1949.
Her given name is Elaine Potter Richardson.
St. John’s, Antigua, in the West Indies, in 1949. Her given name is Elaine Potter Richardson.
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