Post-Conflict Territories: Introduction
Columbus from his afterdeck watched heights he hoped for,rocks he dreamed. rise solid from my simple water.Parrots screamed. Soon he would touchour land. his charted mind’s desireThe blue sky blessed the morning with its fire.Kamau Brathwaite, “Colombe”I am the tall kingdom over your shoulderThat y...
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Commonwealth Essays and Studies
2021
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| Online adgang: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Summary: | Columbus from his afterdeck watched heights he hoped for,rocks he dreamed. rise solid from my simple water.Parrots screamed. Soon he would touchour land. his charted mind’s desireThe blue sky blessed the morning with its fire.Kamau Brathwaite, “Colombe”I am the tall kingdom over your shoulderThat you would neither cajole nor ignore.Conquest is a lie. I grow olderConceding your half-independant shoreWithin whose borders now my legacyCulminates inexorably.And I am still imperiallyMale, leaving... |
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