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1. British English Literature - 

Colonization in Reverse

Louise Bennett-Coverley

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Goals

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• describe the historical context of the poem;
• understand the poem;
• describe the themes and language used in the poem

Periods of BE Literature

Louise Bennett Coverley

1919 - 2006

Jamaican poet, folklorist, writer, and educator. 

Writing and performing her poems in Jamaican Patois or Creole. 

Jamaica 

Jamaican patois/creole: a basis of English mixed with other West-African languages, now spoken by a group of people as their first language

Jamaica 

1655: English take over Jamaica from the Spanish

Sugar plantations

1834: slavery abolished on Jamaica 

1962: Independent from GB, but member of the Commonwealth

The Commonwealth is a voluntary association of 56 independent and equal countries. Head is Charles III

Colonisation

Miss Lou's 'Colonization in Reverse'

Who is the speaker?

Whose perspective do you get?

What happens in the poem?

Assignment 2

The Commonwealth is a voluntary association of 56 independent and equal countries. Head is Charles III

Assignment 3

Windrush generation

Named after 

H.M.T Empire Windrush (ship)

1948 - 1971

Sam King's story

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The Commonwealth is a voluntary association of 56 independent and equal countries. Head is Charles III

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