If We Must Die is a poem by which Jamaican writer?
If We Must Die "If We Must Die" is a 1919 poem by Claude McKay published in the July issue of "The Liberator". McKay wrote the poem as a response to mob attacks by white Americans upon African-American communities during Red Summer. The poem was later reprinted in "The Messenger" of the same year. The poem would also be read in Congress by Republican Senator from Massachusetts Henry Cabot Lodge.
Escape to Last Man Peak Escape to Last Man Peak is a popular Jamaican novel written by Jamaican author Jean D'Costa. First published in 1975, it chronicles the adventure of ten orphans who embark on a dangerous journey across Jamaica in search of a new home, after a deadly pneumonia epidemic kills the caretakers of their orphanage and propels the country into a state of anarchy and desolation.