Question

Summary of the poem homecoming son by tsegaye gabre-medhin

Answer 1

Answer:

Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin was born in 1936 on 17th of August. He was an art director along with being an Ethiopian poet, and a playwright.

Born in the Ethiopian village of Bodaa which is situated about 120km away from Adis Ababa, Medhin was quite young when he had first started writing plays while still being in the local elementary school.

Answer 2

In Homecoming Son by Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin talks about an educated African man who feels like a  guest in his own native land after he returns from abroad. The poem advice the ‘lost-child’ to feel part of his culture.

Explanation:

• Through this poem, the poet provides to guide the man who is like a ‘lost-child’ in his own land.
• The overall sense of the poem is introducing his own culture to the educated African that he denies. The poet tries to remind the man not to forget where his roots are. The poet tells about the cultural varieties of his nation and tells the educated African how an inviting nature and culture he has. By telling all these, the poet is urging the African educated elite to accept the reality of his nation without fear.
• The poet invites the strange African child to be part of his native culture. He calls the man as 'barefoot boy unholy stranger".  He asks him to renew his roots with his people and culture as he has been separated from his roots for a very long time The poet advice the man to walk freely and peacefully for he is walking in his own land. He is guided by his ancestral spirits of his native land  that will soothe his tiring and worn-out bare feet.

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