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Is every english word I pull from my mouth a child screaming / over the soft chants of ma and nanni ma?

By Elesa Mackhan
Sharpie, black marker and ink on Fabriano Artistico cotton watercolor paper, 11 x 8 1⁄2 inches
Sa'dia Rehman. The Here and The Hereafter (Above ground), 2019
Illustration, Poetry | Indo-Guyanese Americans, broken english, colonial influence, patois
February 13, 2020

 

Elesa Mackhan is a Guyanese American artist and writer who lives and works in NYC. She holds a BA from John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

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