Who wrote Checking Out Me History?

Who wrote Checking Out Me History?

• A. John Agard
• B. Derek Walcott
• C. Louise Bennett
• D. Kamau Brathwaite

Answer: (A)

John Agard, a Guyanese-British poet, wrote Checking Out Me History. He’s known for blending Caribbean voice and inventive language to challenge colonial narratives and reclaim Black history. In this poem, the speaker rejects the narrow, Eurocentric history taught in schools and asserts a personal, culturally rich history, using patois and direct address—signature features of Agard’s work. The other poets listed are prominent Caribbean writers, but they did not write this piece: Derek Walcott is known for Omeros and myth-infused epic scope, Louise Bennett for Jamaican culture in dialect, and Kamau Brathwaite for exploring Caribbean identity through nation language, but neither wrote Checking Out Me History.

John Agard, a Guyanese-British poet, wrote Checking Out Me History. He’s known for blending Caribbean voice and inventive language to challenge colonial narratives and reclaim Black history. In this poem, the speaker rejects the narrow, Eurocentric history taught in schools and asserts a personal, culturally rich history, using patois and direct address—signature features of Agard’s work. The other poets listed are prominent Caribbean writers, but they did not write this piece: Derek Walcott is known for Omeros and myth-infused epic scope, Louise Bennett for Jamaican culture in dialect, and Kamau Brathwaite for exploring Caribbean identity through nation language, but neither wrote Checking Out Me History.