Andrew Salkey Quotes

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Culture come when you buck up
on you'self.
It start when you' body make shadow
on the Ian',
an' you know say
that you standin' up into mirror
underneat' you.

Andrew Salkey

An a so de rain a-fall
An a so de snow a-rain
An a so de fog a-fall
An a so de sun a-fail
An a so de seasons mix
An a so de bag-o' tricks
But a so me understand'
De misery o' de Englishman.

Andrew Salkey

You did know say
that none o' them
know how much history
under them skin,
coil up inside, there so,
like baby hold back from born?

Andrew Salkey

Sameness may be dull but reassuring. Difference is usually difficult. Its acceptance does not always come easily.

Andrew Salkey

Is the Ian' I want
an' is the Ian'
I out to get.

Andrew Salkey

You and Caribbea are one in us.
you are Caribbea!

Andrew Salkey

Andrew Salkey

Andrew Salkey

Born: January 30, 1928

Died: April 28, 1995 (aged 67)

Bio: Andrew Salkey was a novelist, poet, children's books writer and journalist of Jamaican and Haitian origin. He was born in Panama but raised in Jamaica, moving to Britain in the 1950s to pursue university education.

Known for:

Escape to an autumn pavement (1959)
Brother Anancy and other stories (1993)
Away: Poems (1980)
Anancy's score (1973)

Andrew Salkey on Wikipedia

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