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| ====== Author: Mahadai Das ====== | ====== The Coolies by Mahadai Das ====== |
| Das was a Guyanese poet born in Eccles, Guyana in 1954 ("Mahadai Das"). After earning a degree at the University of Guyana, Das earned her Masters at Columbia University ("Mahadai Das"). Later, she would begin work on her doctorate at the University of Chicago ("Mahadai Das"). Unfortunately, Das would die before completing the program in April 2003 from health issues ("Mahadai Das"). | |
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| She was part of a Messenger Group that prompted "coolie" art during a time when it was not acknowledged in the national culture. She was also part of the Working People's Alliance that worked toward resolving political and social problems in Guyana. | |
| | ===== Author: Mahadai Das ===== |
| | Mahadai Das was a Guyanese poet born in Eccles, Guyana in 1954 ("Mahadai Das"). While Das is better known for her poetry, she was also a teacher, actress, and beauty queen (Staff Reporter). After earning a degree at the University of Guyana, Das earned her Masters at Columbia University ("Mahadai Das"). Later, she would begin work on her doctorate at the University of Chicago ("Mahadai Das"). Unfortunately, Das would die before completing the program in April 2003 from health issues ("Mahadai Das"). |
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| | Das was part of a Messenger Group that prompted "coolie" art during a time when it was not acknowledged in the national culture. She was also part of the Working People's Alliance that worked toward resolving political and social problems in Guyana. |
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| Some of the major themes presented in her writing include establishing ethnic identity and bringing light to unfair conditions in the Caribbean. | Some of the major themes presented in her writing include establishing ethnic identity and bringing light to unfair conditions in the Caribbean. |
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| ====== Connection to "The Brazilwood Poetry Manifesto": Holding Onto Identity ====== | ====== Connection to "The Brazilwood Poetry Manifesto": Holding Onto Identity ====== |
| Similar to "They Came in Ships," "The Brazilwood Poetry Manifesto" (149-151) by [[omnipoetics:brazilwood_poetry_manifesto|Oswald de Andrade Biography]] enforces a theme of remembering past identities. | Similar to "They Came in Ships," "The Brazilwood Poetry Manifesto" (149-151) by [[omnipoetics:brazilwood_poetry_manifesto|Oswald de Andrade]] enforces a theme of remembering past identities. |
| * "They Came in Ships" brings the history of the "the coolies" to life by transporting their cries into the present, emphasizing the point that their past must be remembered and made a part of current identities. | * "They Came in Ships" brings the history of the "the coolies" to life by transporting their cries into the present, emphasizing the point that their past must be remembered and made a part of current identities. |
| * "The Brazilwood Poetry Manifesto" presents the importance of true Brazilian culture and identity being remembered beyond the Portuguese influences from colonization. | * "The Brazilwood Poetry Manifesto" presents the importance of true Brazilian culture and identity being remembered beyond the Portuguese influences from colonization. |
| Gandhi, L. (2013). A History Of Indentured Labor Gives “Coolie” Its Sting. NPR.org. https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/11/25/247166284/a-history-of-indentured-labor-gives-coolie-its-sting. | Gandhi, L. (2013). A History Of Indentured Labor Gives “Coolie” Its Sting. NPR.org. https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/11/25/247166284/a-history-of-indentured-labor-gives-coolie-its-sting. |
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| "Mahadai Das." //Peepal Tree Press//, https://www.peepaltreepress.com/authors/mahadai-das. | //Mahadai Das//. (n.d.) Peepal Tree Press, https://www.peepaltreepress.com/authors/mahadai-das. |
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| | Staff Reporter. (23 Jan., 2024). Mahadai Das: Guyana’s beauty queen and poet, //Icdn//, https://icdn.today/mahadai-das-guyanas-beauty-queen-and-poet/. |
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| Striking Women. “Indentured Labour from South Asia (1834-1917) | Striking Women.” Striking-Women.org, 2019, www.striking-women.org/module/map-major-south-asian-migration-flows/indentured-labour-south-asia-1834-1917. | Striking Women. “Indentured Labour from South Asia (1834-1917) | Striking Women.” Striking-Women.org, 2019, www.striking-women.org/module/map-major-south-asian-migration-flows/indentured-labour-south-asia-1834-1917. |
