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African poetry has evolved from pre-colonial oral traditions to written forms that grapple with the themes of colonialism and post-colonial identity. The document discusses poems by three African poets: David Diop's "Africa" emphasizes belonging to the continent and resisting colonial oppression. Gabriel Okara's "You laughed & laughed & laughed" addresses the struggles of African people. Derek Walcott's "A Far Cry from Africa" depicts the split identity and ambivalence of the poet during periods of independence struggle, unable to side with either colonialists or revolutionaries. African poetry encompasses diverse traditions from the continent's many countries and genres that have been shaped by the impacts of slavery and colonization.
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This document provides biographical information about David Diop, a revolutionary African poet from France of West African descent. It notes that Diop's poems highlighted the problems of Africa under colonialism and called for Africans to bring about change and freedom. Diop was involved in the negritude movement protesting French colonialism and its impacts. His views were published in "Presence Africaine" and his 1956 poetry collection "Coups de pillon". Diop died in a plane crash at age 33. The excerpted poem "Africa" expresses the poet's connection to the continent despite never having known it, and his pride in an Africa that is rising up despite hardship to gain the taste of liberty.
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This document provides biographical information about David Diop, a revolutionary African poet from France of West African descent. It discusses how Diop's poems highlighted the problems of colonialism in Africa and called for Africans to bring about change and freedom. Diop was involved in the negritude movement protesting French colonialism and its impacts on African culture. His views were published in "Presence Africaine" and his book of poems "Coups de pillon". Diop died young in a plane crash at age 33.
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1) "Africa" by David Diop laments colonialism's impact on Africa but ultimately valorizes the continent. It uses the metaphor of Africa as a mother.
2) "You Laughed and Laughed and Laughed" by Gabriel Okara describes a colonialist mocking African beliefs and customs, but being taught his ignorance by a wise African.
3) "A Far Cry from Africa" by Derek Walcott uses religious symbolism and metaphors to investigate the connection between life and death in Africa, touched by both paradise and corpses scattered through violence.
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Chinua Achebe was a Nigerian novelist best known for his first novel Things Fall Apart, published in 1958. The novel depicts Nigerian tribal life in the late 19th century and the arrival of British colonialism. Achebe criticized Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness for portraying Africa as dark and primitive without human qualities, which helped justify colonialism. In his landmark essay "An Image of Africa," Achebe argued Conrad was a racist and his work dehumanized Africans. Things Fall Apart countered this by portraying a complex African society with its own traditions from an African perspective. Achebe aimed to give voice to colonial subjects and challenge stereotypes about Africa perpetuated in earlier Western works
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David Mandessi Diop was a revolutionary African poet born in France who highlighted the problems brought to Africa by colonialism through his poems and involvement in the negritude movement. In his famous poem "Africa my Africa", Diop expresses longing for the Africa he has never known but feels connected to through his ancestry. The poem contrasts Africa's proud past with its current state suffering under colonial rule, exploitation, and humiliation. However, it conveys an optimistic message that Africa will rise again through its strong, patient youth to eventually achieve the "bitter taste of liberty."
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This document summarizes African literature and some notable African writers. It discusses how African literature encompasses both oral traditions and written works in colonial languages, and how the experiences of colonization and independence shaped the literature. Several prominent African authors are profiled, including Chinua Achebe, Wole Soyinka, Kofi Awoonor, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, and others. Their works often addressed themes of colonialism, nationalism, and political/social issues in Africa.
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This document provides an overview of African literature, including its oral traditions and written works in local languages and those brought by European colonizers. It discusses some of the major themes in African literature like the experiences of colonization and nationalism. The document then profiles several influential African authors and provides brief summaries of some of their most notable works, which often dealt with themes of independence, colonialism, and social issues. These authors wrote in a variety of genres including novels, plays, poems, and autobiographies.
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- 1. African poetry African Poetry as an art form has undergone several phases of evolution from pre-colonial to colonial and then to post-colonial eras in most African countries. As an example, in the pre-colonial era in Nigeria — the most populated country in Africa and a multi-ethnic, multi-lingual nation — poetry was unwritten there . Africa by David Diop: David Mandessi Diop (1927-1960) was a revolutionary African poet born in France to parents of West African descent, and an active member of the Negritude movement. Diop’s poems highlight African problems brought about by colonialism and give a message of hope and resistance to people of the continent. He emphasizes his sense of belonging through his poem ‘Africa’ as he describes the “black blood” which flows in his veins as a descendant of the continent. Diop goes on to urge the black African people to stand up to the humiliation and pain that they suffered in their own motherland, reminding them of the strength and pride they have in them. He stresses the need to say no to the whips of the colonial masters who make them work under the hot midday sun leaving ugly scars on their backs. Despite this suffering the narrator urges Africans to be strong and resist being broken by the heavy weight which colonialism symbolizes. Thus David Diop’s poem continues to be relevant to Africa in the 21st century despite having been penned during the height of colonialism in Africa.
- 2. You laughed & laughed & laughed by Gabriel Okara: Gabriel Okara was conceived in 1921 in Nigeria. During his life, Okara has held various employments, at first functioning as a book cover, columnist, radio supporter and paper editorial manager. He has likewise made a trip to the USA where he helped fund-raise for Nigeria by giving verse presentations. Okara's poems tend mirror the issues that African countries face as they are conflicted between the way of life of their European colonizers and their conventional African legacy. Nigerian poet Gabriel Okara's poem 'You laughed & laughed & laughed' draws out a feeling and torment looked by dark individuals. He was a poet and writer. He drew out the issues of African individuals in the two his poem and writing. His remarkable works incorporate The Voice. A Far Cry from Africa by Derek Walcott A Far Cry from Africa by Derek Walcott deals with the theme of split identity and anxiety caused by it in the face of the struggle in which the poet could side with neither party. It is, in short, about the poet’s ambivalent feelings towards the Kenyan terrorists and the counter-terrorist white colonial government, both of which were 'inhuman', during the independence struggle of the country in the 1950s. The persona, probably the poet himself, can take favor of none of them since both bloods circulate along his veins.
- 3. poetry encompasses the wide variety of traditions arising from Africa's 55 countries and from evolving trends within different literary genres. It is a large and complex subject, partly because of Africa's original linguistic diversity but primarily because of the devastating effect of slavery and colonization, which resulted in English