Claude McKay
-poet
-(1890-1948)
-born in Jamaica
-wrote Songs of Jamaica and Constab Ballads
-often used Jamaican dialects in his works
-During a trip to England he completed a collection of
lyrics called Spring in New Hampshire
-He also wrote several novels such as Home To
Harlem, Banjo, The Passion of Claude McKay: Selected Prose and Poetry
1912-1948, and Banana Bottom
-His work promoted spiritual freedom and humanitarian
political and social values
-He wrote If We Must Die, which calls for a
universal movement against oppression