Dr Winsford “Joker” Devine (B. Nandi Jacob-Stephenson)

Dr Winsford “Joker” Devine

by B. Nandi Jacob-Stephenson

presented at Women on Calypso Symposium 2021

About the Author:

B. Nandi Jacob-Stephenson was born in England to parents from Point Fortin,

Trinidad & Tobago. Like many children of the Windrush Generation, she was

mailed backwards over the Atlantic Ocean to an aunt in Trinidad which informs

her study and career choices. Nandi works mostly in Caribbean and immigrant

spaces. She is a journalist, playwright, director, and teaching artist currently

residing in the United States. Nandi's plays have been performed and

anthologized. Her essays have been published in peer review journals. She has

presented at several conferences including the National Black Writers

Conference, and Brooklyn Root’s Festival. Her play Flambeaux was the first

Caribbean play to sweep the Audelco Awards including the accolade "Musical

Production of the Year." Nandi is the author of author of "The True Nanny

Diaries” and editor of “The Progress for Winsford Devine: A Collection of

Caribbean Lyrics.”