... loss of their native cultures and languages whereby they then were forced to adopt the English language by their slavers. 'Hence, English was, and continues to be, the language of education, law, government and economics' (Nestor, 2003). Through the years, those who grew up in the Caribbean in particular, have developed in their poetry, a style whereby they reject the need for the use of only standard-English. This style of spoken English developed by inhabitants of the Caribbean was, they felt, rich enough in culture and in a way this was retaliation to the way they were once forced to lose their colloquial tongue. To a certain extent this is shown in the material of their work, which takes on the political and shows struggles often experienced by black people and also tries to break down stereotypical portrayals held of them in a white society. In relation to non-standard English in ...

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