Win'rush Pickney Prosody

We celebrated the 75th Anniversary of the landing of Windrush in the UK.Win'rush Pickney Prosody explores the experiences of the Windrush Generation and its offspring. In this text, Patois is the vehicle used to navigate a complex social history. Highlighting a few dichotomies that may have led to the Windrush Scandal. It explores the co-dependency between Jamaica and the British crown. The 'growth' of realisation that much has been removed from the Land of Wood and Water - educationally, financially, technologically, historically, medically, with little returned; The 'development' of Rastafari men and women and their initial call for Reparation and Repatriation. The islands are now, 'republic boun'; within a Caribbean region that has evolved out of puberty and now steps into its adulthood. Love Lettahs celebrates Frederick Dowie, my grandfather, a World One veteran, who then, loyally served King and country.Section titles are: History; Life; Windrush Generation; J'cans & World Wars. Themes veined through the text are: Patois language Belonging Dsplacement Love & Marriage Femicide/Matricide Domestic violence Politics (both sides of the Atlantic). The reader decides whether a Caribbeans' life has improved (the new tribe - created for a 'New World') or, is Caricom justified in its call for unity when putting forth, 'The Ten Point Reparations Programme'. See poem entitled:'Reparation'. Not much has been heard about the experience of The 'Windrush' child. A voice silenced during the recent Windrush Scandal and subsequent debates. Through a plethora of themes, the Win'rush Pickney's voice is explored.Telling the tale of Jambrits who still feel the brunt of the immigrant experience.Recruited by the British to rebuild a beleaguered post-war economy, the Windrush Generation were reliable, hard-working, vibrant human beings. They were, 'The People Who Came.' Win'rush Pickney Prosody celebrates what it is to be a Jambrit living in the African Diaspora.