Bradajo

Bradajo ("Brother Joe"[1]) is the pen name of Jozuf Hadley, a Hawaiian poet and art teacher who writes in Hawaiian Pidgin.

Chaloookyu Eensai, his 1972 recording with printed translation, is believed to be the first publication in Hawaiian Pidgin.[2] He was born on Kauaʻi.

Books

  • Avebade Bade = Everybody Body : Hawaii’s Pidgin Poetry, Mutual Pub., c2002. ISBN 1-56647-568-6
  • 2 Poems, Tinfish Press, c2006. ISBN 0-9759376-7-7

References

  1. ↑ Bess Press: Da Kine Dictionary Archived October 20, 2006, at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ Bradajo on Project MUSE


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