Literature In Grenada

Storytelling has long been a significant Grenada custom because of the island's predominantly African population. This custom has ties to the African customs that were introduced here by slave traders. Through this oral tradition, folktales and stories were transmitted from generation to generation. However, the history of Grenadian written literature is more recent. With the growth of education among the populace of the nation in the second part of the 20th century, it emerged.

Among Grenada's most renowned authors of the 20th century were F.M. Coard, a dialect poet, Ricardo Keens-Douglas, a children's author, and short story writer Wilfred Redhead. During the Grenada Revolution, there was a significant advancement in Grenadian writing. During this time, nationalist literature began to appear. The literature of the nation is continuously developing today. While some of it is written in French Creole, the majority of Grenadian literature is in English. To highlight the best that this island nation has to offer, literary festivals like the Poetry Slam and Spice Word Literary Festival are conducted all year round.