Meaning
Go on and go — 'gwaan' (go on / go ahead) joined to 'go' to mean to proceed on your way to do or reach something. 'Gwan go home' is 'go on home'; 'gwan go look fi him' is 'go on and go look for him'. The doubled going lends a push of encouragement or dismissal, sending someone off to do the thing. It is a very common everyday construction, stringing verbs of motion together the way Patois often does.
Examples
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Gwan go home before dark.
Go on home before dark.
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Gwan go tell yuh mother.
Go on and tell your mother.
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Gwan go, mi soon come.
Go on ahead, I'll come soon.
Origin
From 'gwaan' (go on) + 'go'; to go on/proceed to do something. See [[galang]], [[guh-weh]].
How it’s used
Go on and go / proceed to do something ('gwan go home'). See [[galang]], [[guh-weh]].