Windrush Jamaica Louise Bennett Coverley II

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 British English Literature - 

Colonization in Reverse

Louise Bennett-Coverley

work on assignments

Goals

You can:

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

Periods of BE Literature

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

Windrush generation

Named after 

H.M.T Empire Windrush (ship)

1948 - 1971

Sam King's story

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43782241

Colonization in reverse

Speaker - perspective

Wat a devilment a Englan! 

Dem face war an brave de worse, But me wonderin how dem gwine stan Colonizin in reverse.

Assignment 2

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

Assignment 3

Strands

https://www.nytimes.com/games/strands

Wordle

https://www.nytimes.com/games/wordle/index.html

Squaredle

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