Win'rush Pickney Prosody
Win'rush Nurse & Other Poems
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Win'rush Pickney Prosody explores the experiences of the Windrush Generation and its offspring. In this text, Patois is the vehicle used to navigate a complex social history. Highlighting a few dichotomies that may have led to the Windrush Scandal. It explores the co-dependency between Jamaica and the British crown. The 'growth' of realisation that much has been removed from the Land of Wood and Water - educationally, financially, technologically, historically, medically, with little returned; The 'development' of Rastafari men and women and their initial call for Reparation and Repatriation. The islands are now, 'republic boun'; within a Caribbean region that has evolved out of puberty and now steps into its adulthood. Love Lettahs celebrates Frederick Dowie, my grandfather, a World One veteran, who then, loyally served King and country.
Section titles are:
• History;
• Life;
• Windrush Generation;
• J'cans & World Wars.
Themes veined through the text are:
• Patois language
• Belonging
• Dsplacement
• Love & Marriage
• Femicide/Matricide
• Domestic violence
• Politics (both sides of the Atlantic).
The reader decides whether a Caribbeans' life has improved (the new tribe - created for a 'New World') or, is Caricom justified in its call for unity when putting forth, 'The Ten Point Reparations Programme'.
See poem entitled:
'Reparation'.
Not much has been heard about the experience of The 'Windrush' child.
A voice silenced during the recent Windrush Scandal and subsequent debates.
Through a plethora of themes, the Win'rush Pickney's voice is explored.
Telling the tale of Jambrits who still feel the brunt of the immigrant experience.
Recruited by the British to rebuild a beleaguered post-war economy, the Windrush Generation were reliable, hard-working, vibrant human beings. They were, 'The People Who Came.'
Win'rush Pickney Prosody celebrates what it is to be a Jambrit living in the African Diaspora.
Details
- Publication Date
- Jul 27, 2023
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781447670230
- Category
- Poetry
- Copyright
- All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
- Contributors
- By (author): Horlene Hanlan
Specifications
- Pages
- 191
- Binding Type
- Paperback Perfect Bound
- Interior Color
- Black & White
- Dimensions
- A5 (5.83 x 8.27 in / 148 x 210 mm)