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Posted: Wednesday March 9th, 2005 18:30 |
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Back to Africa, By Louise Bennett
Back to Africa, Miss Mattie?
You no know wha you dah seh?
You haf fe come from somewhe fus
Before you go back deh!
Me know say dat you great great great
Granma was African,
But Mattie, doan you great great great
Granpa was Englishman?
Den you great granmader fader
By you fader side was Jew?
An you granpa by you mader side
Was Frenchie parlez-vous?
But de balance a you family,
You whole generation,
Oonoo all barn dung a Bun Grung-
Oonoo all is Jamaican!
Den is weh you gwine, Miss Mattie?
Oh, you view de countenance,
An between you an de Africans
Is great resemblance!
Ascorden to dat, all dem blue-yeye
White American
Who-fa great granpa was Englishman
Mus go back a Englan!
What a debil of a bump-an-bore,
Rig-jig an palam-pam
Ef de whole worl start fe go back
Whe dem great granpa come from!
Ef a hard time you dah run from
Tek you chance! But Mattie, do
Sure a whe you come from so you got
Somewhe fe come back to!
Go a foreign, seek you fortune,
But no tell nobody say
You dah go fe seek you homelan,
For a right deh so you deh!
Last edited on Wednesday March 9th, 2005 18:32 by browneyedbabe
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Posted: Thursday March 10th, 2005 16:03 |
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| I think its a good poem as it challenges those people who suffer an identity crisis. There are lots of West Indians in my town who have absolutely no clue or just refuse to believe that they are from Africa. Many actually see the negative images of the mother land in the media and have therefore cut themselves off. It is distressing but reading this poem and listening to Rastafarians who know the truth is refreshing!
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