Question

"This back trembling with red scars"
Identify figure of speech?​

Answer 1

Diop also uses imagery to allude to the injustice Africa has suffered from.  "This back trembling with red scars

And saying no to the whip under the midday sun" is an allusion to the slave trade and to colonization from European colonies.  He also uses imagery, however, to prove that Africa is stronger than what she has suffered, for her "back is unbent....[and] never breaks under the weight of humiliation."

Answer 2

identify the speech this back trembling with red scars