An illustrated reading of the poem, Checking Out Me History by John Agard. The poem focuses on the childhood experiences of a student educated in the British colonial system in the Caribbean, who is only taught the history of the Europeans and not their own black Caribbean history.
Checking Out Me History features in AQA's GCSE English literature power and conflict series; this reading could be used as an introduction for students studying it at GCSE or as a short revision recap to help gain an understanding and overview of the poem's message and meaning.
Artwork was drawn by Robert Simpson.
