Lecture du poème RevHaïti

Kamau Brathwaite’s poem *R%EAvHa%EFti* begins in Ha%EFti, but quickly transcends any single geography. It traverses colonial history, migrations, disasters, languages, and the imaginations of the Caribbean. For Brathwaite, poetry is not a linear narrative: it is a sonic, fragmented substance, punctuated by breaks, echoes, and shifts.

In this text devoted to the tragedy of the Haitian boat people, Brathwaite constructs neither a narrative nor a testimony. He works with fragments, breaks, and sudden appearances. Voices intersect, temporalities overlap, and the sea permeates every page. From the history of slavery to contemporary migrations, a single journey continues to haunt the poem.