Background of the poet Mazisi Kunene, one of the most important and influential voices in modern African literature, was born…
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BACKGROUND OF THE POET Jean – Joseph Rabearivelo was born in 1901 in Antananarivo, Madagascar. He was the only child…
Background of the poet Wole Soyinka was born in 1934 at Abeokuta, Western Nigeria. Educated in Nigeria in University College,…
Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali, (born 1940, Vryheid, Natal, South Africa), South African poet who wrote in English and Zulu and whose…
Background of the poet Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali, (born 1940, Vryheid, Natal, South Africa), South African poet who wrote in English and Zulu…
The Sun Rising by John Donne Busy old fool, unruly Sun, Why dost thou thus,Through windows, and through curtains, call…
Background of the poet John Pepper Clark was born Kiagbodo in Ijaw, 1935. He was educated at Government College, Ughelli…
Ambassadors of poverty areThe corrupt masters of the economyWith their head abroadAnd anus at homePatriots in reverse orderDetermined merchants of…
‘The Cathedral by Kofi Awoonor’, a powerful proclamation of cultural identity and a critique on the incursion of foreign religion,…
The Fulani Creation Story At the beginning there was a huge drop of milk.Then Doondari came and he created the stone:Then the…