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Limbo (Brathwaite poem)

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"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.[1]

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. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)