What happened when Columbus arrived in Trinidad in 1498?
The inhabitants were enslaved, killed, or died from new diseases
Which two historical nurses does Agard reference?
Mary Seacole/Florence Nightingale
What is the name of a technique when a line is repeated like a chorus?
Refrain
What is the name of the poet?
John Agard
Who is described as a "see-far woman"?
Nanny de Maroon
What were the Caribs and Arawaks the original inhabitants of?
Trinidad
Why does Agard mention nursery rhymes such as "de cow who jump over de moon"?
To emphasise how we are taught nonsensical, fictional history rather than real Black history
Name one of the things Toussaint Louverture is compared to.
beacon/thorn
Where did the poet grow up?
Guyana
Finish the quote "Dem tell me about 10____ and all dat"
1066
What motif is repeated throughout the poem?
vision
What is the name of the Trinidadian traditional music in which the poem is performed in?
Calypso
What is a motif?
a recurring theme/idea
What does the speaker to do their own identity on the last line?
Carve it
What is the opening line of the poem?
Dem tell me
In which stanza is the personal pronoun 'I' used for the first time?
The last stanza/10
"Bandage up me eye with me own history" is a...
metaphor
How does Agard use structure to compare historical Black figures with eurocentric ones?
Consecutive rhyme
Which structural technique (which means the line carries on) is littered throughout the poem?
Enjambment
What does eurocentrism mean?
focusing on European culture or history to the exclusion of a wider view of the world; implicitly regarding European culture as pre-eminent
What year was the poem published?
2005