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Carolyn Cooper (Carolyn Joy Cooper) was born on 20 November, 1950 in Kingston, Jamaica, is a Jamaican literary scholar and writer (born 1950). Discover Carolyn Cooper's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 73 years old?
| Popular As |
Carolyn Joy Cooper |
| Occupation |
Author, literary scholar, columnist, TV host |
| Age |
73 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Scorpio |
| Born |
20 November 1950 |
| Birthday |
20 November |
| Birthplace |
Kingston, Jamaica |
| Nationality |
Jamaica
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Carolyn Cooper Height, Weight & Measurements
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Dating & Relationship status
She is currently single. She is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about She's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, She has no children.
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Carolyn Cooper Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Carolyn Cooper worth at the age of 73 years old? Carolyn Cooper’s income source is mostly from being a successful Author. She is from Jamaica. We have estimated Carolyn Cooper's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
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Carolyn Cooper CD (born 20 November 1950) is a Jamaican author, essayist and literary scholar.
She is a former professor of Literary and Cultural Studies at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica.
Carolyn Joy Cooper was born in 1950 in Kingston, Jamaica, to parents who were members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
She attended St Hugh's High School in Kingston.
In 1968, she was awarded the Jamaica Scholarship (Girls).
She attended the University of the West Indies, Mona, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English (B.A. English) in 1971.
She was awarded a Canadian International Development Agency fellowship to the University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in 1971 to study for her master's degree in English, which was followed by the completion of her PhD at the same institution in 1977.
From 1975 to 1980, she was an assistant professor at Atlantic Union College in South Lancaster, Massachusetts.
In 1980, she was appointed as a lecturer in the Department of Literatures in English at the University of the West Indies (UWI), where she continued to work until her retirement as a professor in 2017.
Also a newspaper journalist, Cooper writes a weekly column for the Sunday Gleaner.
In 1980, Cooper was appointed as a lecturer in the Department of Literatures in English at the University of the West Indies, where she taught courses on Caribbean, African-American and African literature, as well as popular culture.
In the 1990s, she co-hosted a television show, Man and Woman Story, with Dr Leahcim Semaj for the Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation.
She also co-hosted a public affairs programme, Question Time on CVM Television, and, more recently, Big People Sup'm on PBC Jamaica.
Cooper is the author of the books Noises in the Blood: Orality, Gender and the "Vulgar" Body of Jamaican Popular Culture (1993) and Sound Clash: Jamaican Dancehall Culture at Large (2004), as well as numerous articles, book chapters, conference presentations and plenary lectures.
A well-known media personality in Jamaica, she is a weekly columnist for the Sunday Gleaner.
She was instrumental in establishing in 1994 the Reggae Studies Unit at the University of the West Indies, Mona, which has hosted numerous public lectures and symposiums featuring reggae/dancehall artists and other practitioners in the music industry in Jamaica and internationally such as Lady Saw, Vybz Kartel, Bounty Killer, Tony Rebel, Ninjaman, Louise Frazer-Bennett, Christine Hewett, Tanya Stephens, Gentleman and Queen Ifrica.
Cooper founded the annual Bob Marley Lecture in 1997.
With Dr Eleanor Wint, Cooper co-edited Bob Marley: The Man and His Music (2003), a selection of papers presented at the 1995 symposium that marked the reggae icon's 50th birthday.
The Reggae Studies Unit has also convened academic conferences, including in 2008 the Global Reggae Conference, the plenary papers for which are collected in Global Reggae (2012), edited by Cooper and published by the University of the West Indies Press.
In 2017, Cooper retired from being professor of literary and cultural studies at UWI.
Selected presentations by her are held at UWI Archives.
Cooper is a contributor to the 2019 anthology New Daughters of Africa, edited by Margaret Busby.
