What are the motifs in Dream on Monkey Mountain by Derek Walcott?

Race and racism is a reoccurring idea. Another theme in Dream on Monkey Mountain directly linked to the search for identity is race and racism. Makak's identity crisis is related to his status as a man of African descent. Makak means monkey, and the old man believes he is not worth looking at. This belief is reinforced by the racist attitudes expressed by Corporal Lestrade, a mulatto himself.