Whylah Falls
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Whylah Falls
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Whylah Falls is a long narrative poem by George Elliott Clarke, published in book form in 1990. As with much of Clarke's work, the poem is inspired by the history and culture of the Black Canadian community in Nova Scotia, which he refers to as the "Africadian" community. Clarke himself describes the work as a "blues spiritual about love and the pain of love". Whylah Falls tells the story of several pairs of black lovers in southwestern Nova Scotia in the 1930s, through dramatic monologues, song
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2023-08-19T02:54:58Z
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