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Nation language

Well supported

Term coined by poet-scholar Kamau Brathwaite for the African-rooted, oral, rhythm-driven Caribbean vernacular that resists the 'dialect' label; a key framework for reading dub poetry and Patois song as literature.

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Type: concept
Confidence: Well supported
Era: Open era →

Style, language, faith & wider cultureSociety, politics & reception

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Story · Well supportedWriting - and toasting - the Jamaican language

How Patois travelled from playground stigma to page, pulpit and microphone.