The Panic of Growing Older by Peter Lenrie Introduction The poem is like a moving van that plies the life span of humans from the days 0f the youth to the time when age comes knocking. It educates the reader on what happens at every stage of human life. From the exuberant youthful expectations… Continue reading Panic of Growing Older by Peter Lenrie: Analysis
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The anvil and the hammer – structure, mood/tone, diction
Love for African culture "Sew the old days for us, our fathers" depicts that the new African man still yearning for the aura of the original Africa custom and traditions. Thus, he pleads to the custodians of this disappearing African culture to teach them the old ways so that they, the new Africans who were… Continue reading The anvil and the hammer – structure, mood/tone, diction
The Anvil and the Hammer – Summary/Analysis
The Anvil and the Hammer If things were to turn around and time fly back, most Africans would refuse to embrace civilization wholly, but rather look at what it has to offer, and apply it in African societies. The poem, The Anvil and the Hammer by Kofi Awoonor, brings to limelight, in a poetic form,… Continue reading The Anvil and the Hammer – Summary/Analysis
Harvest of Corruption by Frank Ogodo Ogbeche
Harvest of Corruption by Frank Ogodo Ogbeche Introduction to the play, Harvest of Corruption by Frank Ogodo Ogbeche The play, Harvest of Corruption is written to condemn the ills of the contemporary Nigerian society. As a satire, the play illustrates how corruption like a canker worm has eaten deep into the fabrics of our society,… Continue reading Harvest of Corruption by Frank Ogodo Ogbeche
AMBUSH BY GBEMISOLA ADEOTI
AMBUSH BY GBEMISOLA ADEOTI INTRODUCTION The poem is satirical in nature. It tries to expose the socio-political cum economic problems that Nigerians are facing. The poem points out how the dreams and aspirations of an average Nigerian is being thwarted by the political elites who plunder the nation’s resources to satisfy their selfish interests and… Continue reading AMBUSH BY GBEMISOLA ADEOTI
Blood of a Stranger – Characterization
CHARACTERISATION OF THE DRAMA, THE BLOOD OF A STRANGER SOKO Soko is the chief priest of Mando land whose words are considered as the words of the gods and the ancestors. Hence, Mando people believe his words to be true. Contrarily, he takes the opportunity to deceive the land with selfish lies. He tells them… Continue reading Blood of a Stranger – Characterization
The Piano and the Drum – Intro, Poem, and the Analysis
INTRODUCTION THE PIANO AND THE DRUMS BY GABRIEL OKARA In the poem, the piano and the drums, the poetic persona shows the difference between the normal lifestyle of Africans and that of the modern world. The setting of the poem, as is seen in the poem, dates from the advent of civilization to the modern… Continue reading The Piano and the Drum – Intro, Poem, and the Analysis
The Dining Table by Gbanabom Hallowell – Analysis, themes, figures of speech, mood/tone, structure and diction
BIOGRAPHY The Dining Table by Gbanabom Hallowell THE DINING TABLE Dinner tonight comes with gun wounds. Our desert tongues lick the vegetable blood—the pepper strong enough to push scorpions up our heads. Guests look into the oceans of bowls as vegetables die on their tongues. The table that gathers us is an island where guerillas… Continue reading The Dining Table by Gbanabom Hallowell – Analysis, themes, figures of speech, mood/tone, structure and diction
THE PIANO AND THE DRUMS
THE PIANO AND THE DRUMS CLICK HERE TO READ GABRIEL OKARA’S BIOGRAPHY INTRODUCTION THE PIANO AND THE DRUMS BY GABRIEL OKARA In the poem, the piano and the drums, the poetic persona shows the difference between the normal lifestyle of Africans and that of the modern world. The setting of the poem, as is… Continue reading THE PIANO AND THE DRUMS
FACELESS – SUMMARY OF THE STORY
SUMMARY OF THE STORY BOOK ONE ATTEMPTED RAPE As the novel opens, fourteen year old Fofo is seen sleeping on an old cardboard at Agbogbloshie market. She has a job at the vegetable market in Agbogbloshie where she washes carrots. The market is close to a slum known as Sodom and Gomorrah. When she is… Continue reading FACELESS – SUMMARY OF THE STORY
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