Bradajo

Bradajo ("Brother Joe"^[1]) is the pen name of Jozuf Hadley, also known as Joe Hadley^[2] (born 1932), an American poet, sculptor, 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.^[3] 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

^ Bess Press: Da Kine Dictionary Archived October 20, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
^ Sculpture in the Sun: Hawaii's Art for Open Spaces. University Press of Hawaii. 1978. p. vi. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
^ Bradajo on Project MUSE

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[1] Bess Press: Da Kine Dictionary Archived October 20, 2006, at the Wayback Machine

[2] Sculpture in the Sun: Hawaii's Art for Open Spaces. University Press of Hawaii. 1978. p. vi. Retrieved 9 April 2022.

[3] Bradajo on Project MUSE

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