My friend, Preston Allen, has sent me a new link of Benjamin, my son as a textbook in Caribbean Literature @ the University of Iowa. Along with “Uncle Obadiah and the Alien,” the list is growing: http://www.english.uiowa.edu/gel/books/african.html
http://humanidades.uprrp.edu/ingles/pdfs/faculty/collinsl-3229.pdf
http://www.uclan.ac.uk/amatas/english/05november13.htm
http://www.rel.tcu.edu/SYL/04-7/30893.pdf
and the US State Department (?):
and reprinted in E-Diplomat
http://www.ediplomat.com/np/post_reports/pr_jm.htm
Uncle Obadiah and the Alien, Benjamin, My Son, Children of Sisyphus, and Brother Man have been listed variously as Rasta short stories, or Rasta novels.
A favorable review of Benjamin, My Son is also available here: Caribbean
Caribbean American novel
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