Caribbean
Jamaica
Harlem Renaissance
English
Fiction
Bita Plant, a Jamaican girl educated in England by missionary patrons, returns to Jamaica and must choose between the Western values she was trained in and her own people. McKay's finest novel.
Literary Significance
McKay's most mature novel; a profound meditation on cultural authenticity and return
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editorial-summarynot primary textBita Plant, a Jamaican girl educated in England by missionary patrons, returns to Jamaica and must choose between the Western values she was trained in and her own people. McKay's finest novel. McKay's most mature novel; a profound meditation on cultural authenticity and return
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