Elean Thomas

Elean Thomas

September 18, 1947 – May 27, 2004
Place of Birth: St. Catherine, Jamaica
Place of Death: Kingston, Jamaica

Elean Thomas (18 September 1947 – 27 May 2004) was a Jamaican poet, novelist, journalist and activist. She was active in the struggle for women's rights in the Caribbean and the movement for Jamaican national independence, as well as working in Latin America, Eastern and Western Europe and Africa. She was married (1988–97) to human rights barrister to Anthony Gifford.