I MET KAMAU (I was once chided for respectfully saying, “Mr Braithwaite”) in 1978. We were invited to participate in the fifth anniversary of the New Artist Movement in St Vincent/Grenadines. I remember the trepidation of delivering a talk, “Caribbean Theatre Today,” with him in the audience. He spoke afterwards, and for this milestone celebration I quote a passage from his address that has stayed with me over the years and has helped put imagery to my understanding of culture and now reparations: