cai; Text in English, Creole, Spanish, and Garifuna.
Publication Date:
2007
Published:
Lanham, MD: University Press of America
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
129 p, This anthology utilizes the predominant themes of western literature to chronicle the prose and poetry of Belize. The editor has selected the original works of Belizean writers written in the four principle languages of the country: English, Creole, Spanish, and Garifuna. Via the many genres of Belizean literature, the work is able to recount in depth the history, struggles, colonial exploitation, and myths of the Belizeans as they strive for freedom and as they search for their identity.