Win'rush Pickney Prosody

Win'rush Pickney Prosody explores the experiences of the Windrush Generation and its offspring. In this text Patois is the vehicle used to navigate a complex social history. Highlighting a few dichotomies that may have led to the Windrush Scandal. It explores the co-dependency between Jamaica and the British crown. The 'growth' of realisation that much has been removed from the Land of Wood and Water - educationally financially technologically historically medically with little returned; The 'development' of Rastafari men and women and their initial call for Reparation and Repatriation. The islands are now 'republic boun'; within a Caribbean region that has evolved out of puberty and now steps into its adulthood. Love Lettahs celebrates Frederick Dowie my grandfather a World One veteran who then loyally served King and country.Section titles are:• History; • Life; • Windrush Generation; • J'cans & World Wars. Themes veined through the text are: • Patois language• Belonging• Dsplacement• Love & Marriage• Femicide/Matricide• Domestic violence • Politics (both sides of the Atlantic). The reader decides whether a Caribbeans' life has improved (the new tribe - created for a 'New World') or is Caricom justified in its call for unity when putting forth 'The Ten Point Reparations Programme'. See poem entitled:'Reparation'. Not much has been heard about the experience of The 'Windrush' child. A voice silenced during the recent Windrush Scandal and subsequent debates. Through a plethora of themes the Win'rush Pickney's voice is explored.Telling the tale of Jambrits who still feel the brunt of the immigrant experience.Recruited by the British to rebuild a beleaguered post-war economy the Windrush Generation were reliable hard-working vibrant human beings. They were 'The People Who Came.' Win'rush Pickney Prosody celebrates what it is to be a Jambrit living in the African Diaspora.