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  Slave Song (Paperback) By (author) David Dabydeen

  

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  Short Description for Slave SongSongs of frustration and defiance from African slaves and displaced Indian laborers are expressed in a harsh and lyrical Guyanese Creole far removed from contemporary English in these provocative Caribbean poems. An insightful critical apparatus of English translations surrounds these lyrics, shedding light on their meaning, while at the same time cleverly commenting on the impossibility of transl...
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  • Publisher: Peepal Tree Press Ltd
  • Published: 30 May 2006
  • Format: Paperback 72 pages
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  • Categories: Poetry By Individual Poets
  • ISBN 13: 9781845230043 ISBN 10: 1845230043
  • Sales rank: 1,254,807

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Full description for Slave Song

• Songs of frustration and defiance from African slaves and displaced Indian laborers are expressed in a harsh and lyrical Guyanese Creole far removed from contemporary English in these provocative Caribbean poems. An insightful critical apparatus of English translations surrounds these lyrics, shedding light on their meaning, while at the same time cleverly commenting on the impossibility of translating Creole and parodying critical attempts to explain and contextualize Caribbean poetry. Twenty years after the initial release of this work, the power of these poems and the self-fashioned critique that accompanies them remain a lively and vital part of Caribbean literature.