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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Win'rush Pickney Prosody: Win'rush Nurse & Other Poems

Win'rush Pickney Prosody: Win'rush Nurse & Other Poems

Hanlan, Horlene

Paperback

General Poetry

ISBN10: 144767023X
ISBN13: 9781447670230
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: Jul 27 2023
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.52
Height: 0.44 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English
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.

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