Checking out Me History Flashcards
John Agard
1
Q
‘Dem tell me…’
A
‘Dem tell me Dem tell me what dem want to tell me
Bandage up me eye with me own history
Blind me to me own identity’
2
Q
‘Toussaint de thorn…’
A
‘Toussaint de thorn to de French
Toussaint de beacon of de Haitian Revolution’
3
Q
‘Nanny see-far woman…’
A
‘Nanny see-far woman of mountain dream fire-woman struggle hopeful stream to freedom river’
4
Q
‘she volunteer to go…’
A
‘she volunteer to go
and even when de British said no
she still brave the Russian snow
a healing star among the wounded
a yellow sunrise to the dying
5
Q
‘But now…’
A
‘But now I checking out me own history
I carving out me own identity’
6
Q
‘Dem tell me bout de dish…’
A
‘Dem tell me bout de dish ran away with de spoon
but dem never tell me bout Nanny de maroon’
