Checking Out Me History

Question 1

Backstory of checking out me history

Answer 1

Challenging how black culture history not talked about in school, uses his poem to educate us about black history - offering insight to why black culture should be taught in school

Question 2

What’s the form of the poem and explain why John agard does this

Answer 2

Uses creole as it’s his own language- difficult to understand and challenged reader to keep up with what he’s saying emphasising how white culture is more dominant than black culture

Question 3

4 key quotes

Answer 3

Dem tell me dem tell me wha dem wha to tell me, bandage up me with me own history, blind me to me own history, dem tell me who discovers da balloon and de cow da jumped over da moon but then never tell me bout nanny maroon