Afro-Caribbean Poetry.
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AFRO-CARIBBEAN POETRY In this essay I will be studying the various items of poetry from many Afro-Caribbean poets. One of the poets is Langston Hughes who was born in Joplin, Missouri on the first of February 1902. He started writing poetry after moving to Lincoln, Illinois. The poems I will be studying are "Mulatto" and "I, Too". The next poet I will be looking at is Grace Nichols. Nichols was born in Guyana in 1950, she came to England in 1977 this is when she developed her fiction and verse writing. The poem I will be studying is "Praise song for my mother". The next poet I will look at will be Dr Benjamin Obadiah lqual Zephaniah, he was born in Birmingham, but he spent most of his time in Jamaica. After he spent some time in prison he decided to use his energy for good and educate himself. The poem I...


