In other not to lose sight of meaning, we will interpret this poem in two phases: the way it appears and what it might mean. Why so? In as much as the poem seems to be about African weather, there are insinuations of colonial invasion as well as other political undertones. Hence, for gross intelligibility,… Continue reading African Thunder Storm by David Rubadiri – Analysis
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The Panic of Growing Older – Theme, Structure, Diction, Tone/mood
THEME Older age: Older age is the central idea portrayed in the poem as the reader is made to understand how difficult things can become at old age if things are not set straight at the early stage of life. Youth: Stanza two of the poem started the description of human development starting from the… Continue reading The Panic of Growing Older – Theme, Structure, Diction, Tone/mood
Panic of Growing Older by Peter Lenrie: Analysis
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
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
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
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 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
Vanity – Themes
THEMES Loss of value – The poem portrays the high rate of decadence in African cultural value which is being taken over by that of America and the western world. Backwardness – The backwardness in politics and administration, education, health and economy of Africa is bitterly expressed in the poem by the poetic persona when… Continue reading Vanity – Themes
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