“We are Black; we’re at home with that”: British Poetry from Black Power to Black Lives Matter
PhD project funded by Kufo
The project aims to examine Black British poetry from the age of Black Power to Black Lives Matter. Through close readings of four major poets – Linton Kwesi Johnson, Fred D’Aguiar, Patience Agbabi and Jackie Kay – and through the theoretical lens of Paul Gilroy’s “Black Atlantic”, it traces a theoretical, political tradition and literary tradition to younger poets Kayo Chingonyi and Jay Bernard.