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Characteristics of African Literature Part 1
- 2. ETYMOLOGY ⢠AFRICA TERRA â Land of the Afri ⢠AFRI (Plural) ⢠AFER (Singular), may be from: ⢠AFAR (Phoenecian word) â Meaning dust or ⢠AFRIDI â Tribe of northern Africa
- 3. ETYMOLOGY ⢠APHRIKE (Greek word) â Meaning without cold or ⢠APRICA (Latin word) â Meaning sunny ⢠And later became Africa
- 4. Literature â˘Orature - coined by Pio Zirimu, a Ugandan scholar
- 5. Literature â˘Orature oStories oDramas oRiddles oHistories oMyths oSongs oProverbs ⢠to educate and entertain children ⢠to remind whole communities of their ancestors' heroic deeds, their past, and the precedents for their customs and traditions.
- 6. Literature â˘Orature oEssential to oral literature is a concern for PRESENTATION and ORATORY CALL-RESPONSE TECHNIQUE Spontaneous verbal and non-verbal interaction between the and the listener
- 7. Literature â˘Orature o A griot (praise singer) will accompany a narrative with music.
- 8. Literature â˘Prose - mythological or historical -written or spoken language
- 9. Africa by David Diop â˘Negritude poet, David Mandessi Diop lived much of his life in France but also spent significant time in West Africa, where he was a strong supporter of the movement for independence from French colonial rule.
- 10. Africa my Africa Africa of proud warriors in the ancestral savannahs Africa of whom my grandmother sings On the banks of the distant river ⢠DRAMATIC MONOLOGUE
- 11. I have never known you But your blood flows in my veins Your beautiful black blood that irrigates the fields ⢠IDENTITY ⢠AWARENESS
- 12. The blood of your sweat The sweat of your work The work of your slavery The slavery of your children ⢠COLONIAL TORTURE ⢠EXPLOITATION
- 13. Africa tell me Africa Is this you this back that is bent? This back that breaks under the weight of humiliation This back trembling with red scars And saying yes to the whip under the midday sun? ⢠OPPRESSION ⢠HUMILIATION
- 14. But a grave voice answers me Impetuous son that tree young and strong That tree there In splendid loneliness amidst white and faded flowers That is Africa, your Africa That grows again patiently obstinately And its fruit gradually acquires The bitter taste of liberty. ⢠EFFECTS OF COLONIALISM ⢠OPTIMISM
- 15. ⢠What is the tone of the poem? JOYFUL NOSTALGIC OPTIMISTIC
- 16. ⢠What poetic devices are found in the poem? RHETORICAL QUESTION Is this you this back that is bent? SYMBOLISM ⢠âScarsâ, âwhipâ and âbloodâ They stand for the torture that Africans went through in colonial time. ⢠Black blood symbolizes African identity
- 17. IMAGERY ⢠Bitter taste of liberty Image of taste ⢠The sweat of your work image of heat PERSONIFICATION ⢠But a grave voice answers me. ⢠Your beautiful black blood ⢠The sweat of your work ⢠Is this you this back that is bent ⢠What poetic devices are found in the poem?
- 18. ALLITERATION â˘You beautiful black blood REITERATION â˘Africa, my Africa ⢠What poetic devices are found in the poem?
- 19. EXAGGERATION ⢠Your beautiful black blood ⢠Your beautiful black blood that irrigates the fields. ANAPHORA ⢠Africa my Africa ⢠Africa of proud warriors in the ancestral savannahs ⢠Africa of whom my grandmother sings ⢠What poetic devices are found in the poem?
- 20. ⢠What is the message of the poem?