'Nager Man' and 'Poverty' are discussed in the latest edition of the Antigua and Barbuda Review of Books - in an article by Edgar Lake
Poverty
De sun come
idlin’ over de mountain
removin’ de shadow
from de tree limbs
revealin’ de pickinagers*
playin’ in mud
an’ eatin’ dirt
like ‘is dukahna*
an’ salt fish
an’ dey wishin’
dat de dirt stains
wus grease stains.
Nager Man
Brokrah man lashing
whip pon back.
Nager man lashing
whip pon back.
When slavery done gone
long time.
Colonialism, independence,
cultural identity.
Nager man lashing
whip pon back.
*Brokrah man is a white land owner.
*Picknagers: little black children
*Dukahna: a dish made of plaintain or sweet potato cooked in banana leaves.
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