What is the setting of the poem: Evicted by the farmer (Zim Mnotoza)?
When was it written?
Which country was it written about?
Answers
What is the setting of the poem: Evicted by the farmer (Zim Mnotoza)?
The setting of the poem, ‘Evicted by the farmer’, by Zim Mnotoza is the discriminatory land seizures. Robert Mugabe, the president of Zimbabwe orchestrated eviction of farms owned by white farmers on account of which they had to face violence.
When was it written?
Since the land invasions and evictions took place between 2000 to 2008. The poet must have written the poem about a land seizure incident that must have taken place during that period.
Which country was it written about?
It was written about Zimbabwe.
Explanation:
- The setting of the poem is during 'the period of Robert Mugabe regime' in 'Zimbabwe'.
- The poem 'evicted by farmers' explains the 'plight of around 4000' white farmers in 'Zimbabwe' who had been evicted out of their farmlands under the chaotic land policy of the former president and dictator of 'Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe'.
- His tenure lasted for '15 years during 2000 to 2015'. The farmers were attacked and their lands were taken from them by the loyalists of the 'Mugabe's government'. So, the poem must be written during the 'period of 2000 to 2015'. It was written about the 'country of Zimbabwe'.
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