Question

Telephone conversation poem line by line explanation

Answer 1

Summary

The poem “Telephone Conversation” by Wole Soyinka depicts a telephone conversation between an African man and a white landlady who has an apartment to rent. The man inquiries for the price and the location of the apartment and, because he does not want to travel there in vain, he confesses that he is black. At this point, the landlady asks him what kind of “black” the man is, whether very light of very dark. Sensing racism behind her