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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

---AFRICAN--- · Exams · P-African · Poetry · WAEC/NECO

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