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Limbo (Brathwaite poem)

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Poem by Edward Kamau Brathwaite

"Limbo" is a poem by Barbadian poet Edward Kamau Brathwaite.

It describes the similarity between a limbo dance and the transportation of African slaves into the West Indies and America.

References

  1. Chamberlin, J. Edward (1993). Come back to me my language: poetry and the West Indies. University of Illinois Press. p. 186. ISBN 0-252-06297-3.
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