Key learning points

1. 'Kumukanda' and 'Jamaican British' both explore the struggle in finding belonging when the speaker is of dual heritage.
2. 'Kumukanda' and 'The Émigrée' both use the power of memory to create a sense of belonging.
3. 'Kumukanda' and 'The Émigrée' both explore permanent severance whereas 'Jamaican British' explores a partial separation.
4. 'Kumukanda' and 'I Remember, I Remember' explore grief and sadness through idealised memories.
5. 'Kumukanda' and 'I Remember, I Remember' mourn the loss of childhood innocence.

Keywords

• Inner conflict - a struggle within oneself between opposing desires, beliefs or emotions

• Dual identity - simultaneously identifying with two different cultural backgrounds or traditions

• Grief - deep sorrow caused by the loss of someone or something important

• Diaspora - people who have been dispersed from their homeland, maintaining cultural connections to their origins

• Mourn - to express grief or feel sorrow over a loss or death

Common misconception