Caribbean Kinship from Within and Without

Abstract

An Granny seh don't walk so boasy, mind ah buk up mi toe an fall down an tear up de dress pon rockstone because she going to fold it up an wrap it up back in de crepe paper wid two camphor ball an put it back in de suitcase, dis very evening, as soon as ah tek it aff, put it back in de suitcase dat ah going to carry to Englan. Crass de sea, girl, yuh going crass de sea, an a likkle water fall from Granny eye which mek er cross an she shake me han aff er dress where ah was holding on to make sure dat ah don't fall down for de shoes hard to walk in on rockstone, an she wipe er eye wid er kerchief An ah looking up in Granny face, ah know Granny face good. She say is me mi madda an grampa put all de lines in it, an ah wondering which lines is mine From Jean Binta Breeze ‘The Arrival of Brighteye’.1

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