Goin' Back ta Da Islan': Migration, Memory and the Marketplace in Bahamian Art

Wake up early one mornin’ Kiss my Mamma goodbye Goin’ back ta di Islan’ I say, don’ worry Mamma, don’ cry Ronnie Butler and the Ramblers “Crown Calypso” We are who we are Children of the hot lands We build fires every Christmas And pray in earnest for cold weather Jerome Cartwright, “Cold...

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Main Author: Ian Gregory Strachan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of the Bahamas 2014-07-01
Series:International Journal of Bahamian Studies
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Online Access:https://journals.sfu.ca/cob/index.php/files/article/view/213