 studying checking out my history. Here's how you can analyse this poem. In terms of structure this poem is written as 10 stanzas. The speaker constantly repeats the phrase them tell me and the repetition of this phrase which means they tell me shows the speaker's anger and sense of powerlessness. We can see in line four that he is criticising school teachers for deliberately not teaching him black history. He writes phonetically to criticise how he's taught about white history but not black history. Remember that he writes phonetically using patois to mock and rebel his teachers. He's trying not to use standard English. Yet this refrain shows that he decided to educate himself. Toussaint Louverture was a Haitian slave who led a slave rebellion and established a first black republic in Haiti. Even if he's angry he uses rhyme here to add a tone of humour and sarcasm. Bear in mind she led a community of ex-slaves in Jamaica. He juxtaposes this white British military figure with this black South African leader. The poem ends by showing the speaker takes back his power through teaching himself his history.