Cynthia Wilson

Cynthia Wilson (born 16 June 1934) is a Barbadian educator, performer and writer.

Life and career Wilson was born in Saint Philip on 16 June 1934, and educated at the University College of the West Indies. She taught English at high schools in Jamaica and Morocco. Wilson returned to Barbados in 1969 and worked for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Caribbean Tourism Research Centre. In 1973, she helped establish the National Independence Festival of Creative Arts. Cynthia Wilson's first book, a collection of short stories entitled Same Sea ... Another Wave, was published in 2001.