Context

• Author of "Jamaican British"


  Raymond Antrobus
• "Jamaican British" - Form


  Ghasal - short poem made up of rhyming couplets.~
• "Jamaican British"


  • Dual heritage and identity.
  • Shows the conflict he faces whilst trying to figure out who he is.
  • Shows how both cultures exist within him.
• Raymond Antrobus


  • Born in London.
  • Has an English mother and a Jamaican father.
  • Struggles with having a torn identity
  • Influenced by both cultures he experienced.
  • Had to search for his own identity and realises it makes him unique.