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Lorna Goodison: Jamaica's history in poetry
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Posted Dec 24, 2017 at 8:00 pm.
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Jamaica's first female poet laureate writes about slavery and the cultivation of sugar. She says, "What went on on those ships is indescribable in so many ways. I know I'm going to have to write about that."
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