Checking Out My History - Context
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- Checking Out My History
- His poetry achieved its purpose to some extent
- In 2016, a statue of Mary Seacole was erected in London
- Often uses non-standard phonetic spelling
- Represents his own accent
- His poetry often challenges racism and prejudice
- Agard was born in Guyana in 1949 and moved to Britain in 1977
- He became a touring lecturer for the Commonwealth Institute, travelling to schools throughout the UK to promote a better understanding of Caribbean culture
- His poetry achieved its purpose to some extent
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