Colonization In Reverse By Louise Bennett Analysis
In Colonization in Reverse by Louise Bennet, Patois resonated with me because the poem was written in Patois. In Louise Bennett’s poem, a fence side conversation written to the poet’s friend Miss Mattie, the poet is giving Miss Mattie her take on Jamaican migration to the Motherland. Bennett’s poem emphasizes the idea of leaving one's home country to start a new life somewhere else. Moving to Britain could provide Jamaicans with opportunities that they could not be afforded in Jamaica. However, if many Jamaicans left the island and moved to Britain, which is their motherland, Jamaica could be colonized. Because the roles are reversed and Jamaicans are the colonizers, the speaker wonders how Britain will react and respond. Upon reflecting on