checking out me history.

First impression: he is passionate about his own histoery and wants everybody to be remembered not just white people. He bellieves that his history defines him as a person.

Focous on pronouns: Dem

• Pigion english implies that it isnt his first language.
• people he doesnt know.
• Doesnt want to use there name so they are forgoten, just like some of the people he is speaking about whos names where forgoten in history.
• The people who have told him wnat to believeand what is true.
• The repetion of this word emphasizes the seperation of the cultures  

Tell me:

• Makes it personal to him, just like his own history.
• All focus is on him.
• Show that he is willing to listen and is open to there oppinion but believies that they are wrong. 

Context: John Agard was born in the Caribbean, in 1949. He moved to the UK in the late 1970s and is well known for powerful and fun performances of his work.

He uses non-standard phonetic spelling (written as a word sounds) to represent his own accent, and writes about what it is like being black to challenge racist attitudes, especially those which are unthinking.

Theme:

The power of telling stores:

• "blinde me to my own identity" the power of storrie telling caused him to believe a lie.