Brathwaite is from Barbados and is descended from slaves brought to the Caribbean by the British.

Consonance is a pleasing sounding caused by the repetition of consonant sounds within sentences, phrases, or in poems. Typically this repetition occurs at the end of the words, but may also be found within a word or at the beginning.

Pairs of Consonance Examples:
Blank, think
Spelled, scald
Sent, went
Dawn, down
Laughed, deaf