[1][2] White was born on the Caribbean island of Montserrat in April 1947, where he attended Cork Hill primary school.
[1][8] His play Lament for Rastafari was directed by Basil Wallace at Ellen Stewart's Café La MaMa Theatre in March and April 1977.
[9] This led to productions in England both on stage at the Keskidee Arts Centre in London, and as a BBC radio drama.
[13] In 2015, White published an autobiographical collection of essays and memories, Deported to Paradise, which uses his experiences of growing up on Montserrat, and in New York, as a starting point for discussions of wide-ranging themes around inequality, corporations, consumerism and the state of the world.
Some of these essays have been published independently - for example, in 2016 White shared In the Ghut in celebration of the birthday of the Premier of Montserrat, Donaldson Romeo.