Limbo (Brathwaite poem)
"Limbo" is a poem by Barbadian poet Edward Kamau Brathwaite.
It describes the similarity between a limbo dance and the transportation of African slaves into the West Indies and America.[1]
References
- ^ Chamberlin, J. Edward (1993). Come back to me my language: poetry and the West Indies. University of Illinois Press. pp. 186. ISBN 0252062973. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=UwdEVl133qYC.
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| Seamus Heaney |
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| Gillian Clarke |
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| Carol Ann Duffy |
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| Simon Armitage |
"Mother, any distance greater than a single span" · "My father thought it..." · "Homecoming" · "November" · " Kid" · "Those bastards in their mansions" · "I've made out a will; I'm leaving myself" · "Hitcher" |
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