Poems and poets

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Island Man
In this poem, the speaker wakes up from a
dream about their home – a beautiful island in
the Caribbean. They describe how beautiful it
is, in comparison to the grey and industrial
London that they have woken up in. There is a
tone of nostalgia for home.
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Presents from my Aunts in Pakistan
The speaker in this poem contemplates their
dual identity and the clothes, foods, and items
that she associated with each of these places.
She explores the way that she feels about her
identity and the fact she feels confused about
where she belongs.
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Nothing’s Changed
This poem describes the sadness and anger the
speaker feels when his home – District 6, a part
of South Africa that was home to a mixed-race
community, was taken over by government

officials, bulldozed and designated ‘Whites-
only’.
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Not My Business
This poem is from the perspective of a man
living under a dictatorial regime, who is
ignoring the oppression and brutality done to
others around him, until he becomes the victim
of the brutality he has ignored.
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Grace Nichols
• Born in 1950 in Guyana – a Caribbean country
on the north coast of South America.
• She moved to the UK in 1977 with her partner.
• Guyana was a British Colony until 1966, and
then became a republic of the Commonwealth
in 1970; she grew up and was educa
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Moniza Alvi
• Born in Lahore, Pakistan, in 1954.
• Her mother is British and father is Pakistani, so
has a dual nationality and identity.
• Her family moved to the UK when she was only
a few months old, and didn’t revisit Pakistan
until she was an adult.
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Tatamkhulu Afrika
• He was born in Egypt to an Egyptian father and
a Turkish mother, and came to South Africa as
a very young child.
• He was Arab and could have been considered
White but refused.
• Started a group called Al-Jihaad to oppose the
destruction of his home – D
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Niyi Osundare
• Born in Nigeria, and lived there until 1997.
• A champion of free speech in Nigeria.
• Heavily critical of Sani Abacha’s regime and the
way that he suppressed his people.
• Believes that African poets should be actively
and loudly political in their wor
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The speaker in this poem contemplates their
dual identity and the clothes, foods, and items
that she associated with each of these places.
She explores the way that she feels about her
identity and the fact she feels confused about
where she belongs.

Back

Presents from my Aunts in Pakistan

Card 3

Front

This poem describes the sadness and anger the
speaker feels when his home – District 6, a part
of South Africa that was home to a mixed-race
community, was taken over by government

officials, bulldozed and designated ‘Whites-
only’.

Back

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Card 4

Front

This poem is from the perspective of a man
living under a dictatorial regime, who is
ignoring the oppression and brutality done to
others around him, until he becomes the victim
of the brutality he has ignored.

Back

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Card 5

Front

• Born in 1950 in Guyana – a Caribbean country
on the north coast of South America.
• She moved to the UK in 1977 with her partner.
• Guyana was a British Colony until 1966, and
then became a republic of the Commonwealth
in 1970; she grew up and was educa

Back

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