checking out me history

• John Agard was born in Guyana and moved the UK in the 1970s
• Agard uses non-standard phonetic spelling and writes about him being black
• This poem highlights him trying to understand and speak about his history
• 'dem tell me' the use of this repetition throughout the poem shows that it needs to be focused on
• 'dem' is shown to be apart of his identity, which shouldn't be dismissed or hidden