So...What Are

You?By Laetitia le meillour

Excuse mestanding on one legI’m half-caste.

Explain yuselfwha yu meanwhen yu say half-casteyu mean when Picassomix red an greenis a half-caste canvas?explain yuselfwha yu meanwhen yu say half-casteyu mean when light an shadow

mix in de skyis a half-caste weather?well in dat caseengland weathernearly always half-castein fact some o dem cloudhalf-caste till dem overcastso spiteful dem don’t want de sun passah rass?explain yuselfwha yu meanwhen yu say half-casteyu mean tchaikovskysit down at dah piano

an mix a black keywid a white keyis a half-caste symphony?

Explain yuselfwha yu meanAh listening to yu wid de keenhalf of mih earAh looking at yu wid de keenhalf of mih eyean when I’m introduced to yuI’m sure you’ll understandwhy I offer yu half-a-handan when I sleep at nightI close half-a-eye

consequently when I dreamI dream half-a-dreaman when moon begin to glowI half-caste human beingcast half-a-shadowbut yu must come back tomorrowwid de whole of yu eyean de whole of yu earan de whole of yu mind.

an I will tell yude other halfof my story.

-John Agard

Christiana is from two countries. In the f rst not serving fufu or kenkey at a party could start a riot.

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In the second a day without rice is inimaginable.

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In thandie’s the f rst, it is normal to eat vegetables for breakfast, and yet it has the highest rate of obesity in europe.

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The second has unfortunately one of the lowest life expentancy in the world, which is 46 for women and 45 for men.

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The country with the largest number of post off ces in the world is Karina’s f rst country.

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Her second country was once known by name as “the Gold Coast”, because it is the second largest gold producer in the world.

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Jessica's F rst country of origin introduced chocolate and chillies to the world. ___________________ In her second country it rains literally every second day. ___________________

and The third is the largest state in Canada. ___________________

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In Salesi's f rst country the practise of eating one’s enemy was accpeted and honourable until the mid-19th century.

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the seconds’ inhabitants, drink more tea than anybody else in the world.

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and in the third over 60% of the population is Overweight.

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Wentworth’s heritage is a combination of 10 countries. The f rst continent which includes 5 of these countries has one of the lowest fertility rates in the world.

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In the second continent (representing three countries), fewer inhabitants have access to the internet than New York City alone.

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The third continent has the highest number of slang users in the world.

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Becky’s mother’s country of origin was the f rst exotic country to enter the winter olympic games.

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Her father’s heritage is from the country with the world’s most famous bell.

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Dwayne's heritage on his father’s side is partly descendent of “the motherland” and the other half is a country which has its very own “lockness monster” named Ogopogo. ___________________

His mother is from an island which has literally travelled forward in time, by erasing a date in its calendar. it went from being the last place on earth to see the sun set, to become the f rst to see the sun rise. ___________________

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Jamil’s f rst country of origin’s president, is less well-known than its best football player.

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His paternal origins is from a country in which a meal without houmous is not consired a real meal.

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Laetitia’s origins from her maternal side is the world’s largest producer of cocoa.

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Her father’s F rst country’s habitants own more cars than mobile phones.

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Inhabitants of the second country from her father’s side are said to smell like garlic, when in fact itdef nitely not true.

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I'm not a little bit of many things; but I am the suff cient representation of many things. I am not an incompletion of all these races; but I am a masterpiece of the prolif c. I am an entirety, I am not a lack of anything; rather I am a whole of many things. God did not see it needful to make me generic. He thinks I am better than that

- C. Joybell C

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Christiana: ghana, malaysiathandie: england, zimbabwekarina: india, ghanajessica: mexico, denmark, quebecsalesi: f ji, england, usawentworth: europe, africa, north americabecky: jamaica, englanddwayne: africa, canada, samoajamil: cote d’ivoire (ivory coast), lebanonlaetitia: cote d’ivoire (ivory coast), spain, france

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