Grace Nichols was born and educated in Guyana in the West Indies where she worked as a teacher, journalist and information assistant and educated in university of Guyana. She came to Britain in 1977 with her partner, the poet John Agard. They live in Sussex. She has edited several autologies as well as writing her own collections and performing regularly. By the caption it is quite clear even before reading the poem, that is about a …showed first 75 words of 1342 total…

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