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| ====== Author: Mahadai Das ====== | ====== The Coolies by Mahadai Das ====== |
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| | ===== 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"). | 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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| ====== 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]] 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 [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4CIHXULdxw|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. |
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