Checking out me history Flashcards
(6 cards)
What is the message of COMH
COMH is a powerful poem which not only criticises the eurocentric British education system, but it champions powerful Black figures, and encourages readers to embrace their cutural identities in the face of marginalisation
“Dem ___ me”
“Dem tell me”
“_____ up me eye with me own history, ___ me to my own ______”
“Bandage up me eye with me own history, blind me to my own identity”
(Mary Seacole) “a _____ star among the _____”
“a _____ ______ to the dying”
” a healing star among the wounded”
“a yellow sunrise to the dying”
“____ woman struggle
hopeful ____
to _____ river”
“fire woman struggle
hopeful stream
to freedom river”
“But now I ____ out me ___ ______, I _____ out me own identity”
“But now I checking out me own history, I carving out me own identity”
