read history book saying
"west Indian history begins POWER
in 19 42 with the arrival
of Columbus" Education those in power can use this
power to shape our understanding
has a euro centric view of our selves + our identity
↳ history depends on who ↳ by controlling history + history telling
is telling the story
was a british
colony until 1966
IDENTITY
John Agard - so Agard at school in
a british colony
- Born Guyana, south America
in 1949
- moved to Britain in 1977
- his poetry focusses on ethnicity
and identity
+ social observation with imagination
and hum on
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