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    C’Est Creole
    C’Est Creole
    C’Est Creole
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    C’Est Creole

    By REV. DR. HAZEL ANN GIBBS DEPEZA

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    C'est Cre?ole, It is Creole: Say Creole - Say the name!

    This work is a tribute to the Creole language spoken in the Caribbean Islands. Creole is the first language of the Caribbean people, but alas! It is not generally accepted as a language by its native speakers and by Caribbean educators and is often referred to by derogatory terms such as bad English or French, broken English or French, ghetto language, gutter language, and dialect.

    My claim is that if a people's language is a 'non-language', not normal, then their identity is one of a 'non-people', not identifiable. The perception of a people's language is seminal to the defining of their identity and charting the course of their development.
    A major source of the crisis, both social and educational, for the descendants of the Africans in the diaspora, resides in their language situation. Yet, not only school teachers but also university lecturers still insist that students "speak properly", implying that their mother tongue, Creole is improper!

    The book is a collection of poems. The signal poem is the award winning Meh Own Tongue. Say Creole!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPartridge Publishing Singapore
    Release dateDec 16, 2013
    ISBN9781482898569
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      C’Est Creole - REV. DR. HAZEL ANN GIBBS DEPEZA

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      Copyright © 2014 by Rev. Dr. Hazel Ann Gibbs DePeza.

      ISBN:     eBook     978-1-4828-9856-9

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

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      CONTENTS

      PREWORD

      MEH OWN TONGUE

      CARIBBEAN SEA

      I Livin in A Land

      Creole Greetings

      Creole Folklore

      The Real Deal

      THE EARLY YEARS

      A Child’s Plea

      My Friends

      Dear God

      Young Love

      Another Driver’s Cry

      Woman Talk

      Woman’s Liberation

      After The Tribute

      Reflections

      LYRICS THE BROTHERS WILSON

      Father by Gabriel & Guriel Wilson

      I Believe By Gabriel & Guriel Wilson

      You Left The Lights On by Gabriel & Guriel Wilson

      ACCRA, GHANA

      Mama Africa

      Ghana

      Africa

      Ask Me

      To Be or Not To Be

      STUDENT APPRECIATION

      Lef Mih Creole Alone by Nishka Sewdass

      Creolisation Meh Lover by Adanna Leonard

      Proper English???!!! by Samantha Reshma Sooksagar

      Imprisonment by Melanie Salandy

      THE MAN, THE CHRIST

      Jesus Real

      My Jesus

      Holy Ghost Power

      The Rock

      SPIRITUAL JOURNEY

      Walk To Perfection

      Liberation Call!

      Night Prayer

      Morning Prayer

      Service Divine

      Papa God

      MEH OWN TONGUE

      SHORT BIO OF THE POET

      POSTWORD

      PREWORD

      C’est Cre’ole—Say Creole

      C’est Cre’ole, It is Creole: Say Creole—Say the name!

      This work is a tribute to the Creole language spoken in the Caribbean Islands. There are French-based and English-based Creoles in the islands. Creole is the first language of the Caribbean people, but alas! It is not generally accepted as a language and is referred to by derogatory terms such as bad English or French, broken English or French, ghetto language, gutter language, and dialect.

      Until I am officially and consciously accepted as a Creole speaker, my identity is blurred. My claim is that if a people’s language is a ‘non-language’, not normal, then their identity is one of a ‘non-people’, not identifiable. My claim resonates

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