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The
Cleansing
Chickenbones online African-American journal, May 2003
The Cleansing, the first of two books, mirrors the phenomenon of colonialism via the life of protagonist Unis MonteClaire. The poems written in bajan (dialect spoken in Barbados), diary excerpts and other writings, capture the author’s struggle to reconnect to her authentic self. Traumatized repeatedly, she moves between two existences created to survive: one in light, the other in shadow.
The full text of this article can be found at ChickenBones.
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