West Indies Ltd.

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West Indies Ltd. is a landmark poetry collection by Cuban writer Nicolás Guillén that powerfully critiques colonialism, racism, and social injustice in the Caribbean through Afro-Cuban rhythms and vernacular language.

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instanceOf book
poetry collection
associatedWith Black consciousness in the Caribbean
anti-imperialist movements in Latin America
author Nicolás Guillén
contributorTo Caribbean literature
Latin American poetry
countryOfOrigin Cuba
genre poetry
hasCulturalContext Afro-Cuban culture
Caribbean colonial history
hasForm poetry book
hasLiteraryForm lyric poetry
political poetry
hasPerspective anti-colonial
anti-racist
socially engaged
hasPoliticalDimension Marxist-influenced social critique
hasSubject U.S. economic influence in the Caribbean
exploitation of Caribbean workers
legacy of slavery in the Caribbean
hasTargetAudience adult readers
language Spanish
literaryMovement Afro-Cuban literature
Negrismo
mainTheme Caribbean identity
colonialism
racism
social injustice
notableFor critique of colonialism in the Caribbean
integration of Afro-Cuban musical patterns into verse
representation of Afro-Caribbean experience
use of popular and colloquial speech
setting Caribbean
usesStyle Afro-Cuban rhythms
vernacular language

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Nicolás Guillén notableWork West Indies Ltd.
Guillén notableWork West Indies Ltd.
subject surface form: Nicolás Guillén
this entity surface form: West Indies, Ltd.