Quote by Kamau Brathwaite: “We are children of the middle passage, forever seeking shore.”

This quote powerfully connects contemporary Caribbean identity to the historical trauma of the transatlantic slave trade. It suggests that the profound displacement and loss experienced during the Middle Passage continues to echo, leaving a collective longing for belonging and a spiritual home, always searching for stability.

This collection was crucial in articulating a distinct Caribbean consciousness, directly confronting the historical wounds of slavery and diaspora at a time when many Caribbean nations were asserting their independence.

Barbadian poet and cultural theorist who developed the concept of 'nation language' to describe the Creole English oral traditions of the Caribbean. His Arrivants trilogy and his theoretical work History of the Voice established him as a major figure in world poetry.