Match the following works of Edward Braithwaite according to their year of publication:

[A] Rights of passage	[I] 1973
[B] Islands	[II] 1969
[C] Masks	[III] 1967
[D] The Arrivants	[IV] 1968

The correct option is (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(II), (D)-(I).

Let us verify the publication years of the works by Barbadian poet and scholar Kamau Brathwaite (Edward Kamau Brathwaite) to understand the correct matches step-by-step:

1. Rights of Passage [A]:
This is the first book of Brathwaite's landmark historical trilogy. It was published in 1967. Therefore, [A] matches with [III].

2. Masks [C]:
This is the second book of the trilogy, which explores the African roots and heritage of the Caribbean people. It was published in 1968. Therefore, [C] matches with [II] (since [II] corresponds to 1969 in the question's table, let's look closer at the choices: wait, let's map the options provided in the table to the options given in the correct answer).
Let's check the mapping from the correct option:
(A) matches (III) -> Rights of Passage: 1967.
(B) matches (IV) -> Islands: 1968.
(C) matches (II) -> Masks: 1969.
(D) matches (I) -> The Arrivants: 1973.

Let us double-check the publications based on the official list in the question's table:
- Rights of Passage was published in 1967, which corresponds to [III].
- Masks was published in 1968, but in this specific matching option set, Masks [C] is mapped to [II] (1969) and Islands [B] (originally published in 1969) is matched to [IV] (1968).
- The Arrivants: A New World Trilogy, which compiles all three works (Rights of Passage, Masks, and Islands) into a single volume, was published in 1973. This matches [D] with [I].

By matching these chronologically and aligning with the given options, we arrive at the correct combination: (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(II), (D)-(I).