Checking Out Me History - Agard Flashcards
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QUOTE - “bandage up with me own history blind me to me own identity”
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TECHNIQUE - violent verb creates a semantic field of suffering connations of injury and pain
Plosive b sound creates a harsh and burial tone people in power cause harm to have none
2
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QUOTE - “dem tell me bout de dish ran away with de spoon but dem never tell me bout nanny de maroon”
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TECHNIQUE - nursery rhyme a silly fictional story taught to children
Nanny de maroon heroic figure Jamaican national hero
