Beyond the Kumbla: Sylvia Wynter and New Conversations attests to the fact that the literary field dedicated to the study of Caribbean women’s writing, inaugurated by Out of the Kumbla: Caribbean Women and Literature (1990) flourishes and lives up to the excitement of its promise. Carole Boyce Davies and Elaine Savory have now co-edited a sequel volume, including a community of voices representing the field’s vibrant growth since 1990. Published here for the first time is the full extended essay Sylvia Wynter sent for the first book, necessarily limited then to a shortened Afterword. This now fully available long essay also links the past and present for Wynter’s theoretical and creative vision speaks to our current realities.

"If Out of the Kumbla created a field of literary criticism even as it identified a nascent canon of writing by Caribbean women, Beyond the Kumbla is a testament to the fact of that critical nexus and the formidable body of writing from Caribbean women that now exists. An essential read for scholars and writers alike.