why Africa's back was break and trembling according to david diop
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Africa by David Diop, TONE There are several tone used in the peon Africa. The first is PROUD. The tone used is proud because the persona of the poem has been calling out the name of his motherland. He called it several times to give emphasis to the word and he even claimed it using the word “my” even though he never been there and only heard about it from the song of his grandmother. He described it as the land of proud warriors of ancestral savannahs. Second, the persona is GRIEVEING. He’s feeling a poignant grief because of what happened to his motherland… he mentioned in his poem that the people in Africa had been colonized, slaved, humiliated and tortured for a long period of time by the ruthless and merciless colonizers. Lastly, the third tone used in the poem HOPEFUL. The persona is hopeful that someday Africa will bit by bit emancipate from the control of other people. That someday they will triumph in acquiring the bitter taste of liberty. THEME The theme of the poem is “the hope of emancipation of Africans and acquiring the bitter taste of liberty.” The poem revealed all the injustices done to the Africans. However, because of the love of the people to their country, that nevertheless of the humiliation and sufferings they have come to experience, they will raise up patiently and obstinately. SPEAKER The speaker or the persona of the poem is the writer itself, Mr. David Diop. He is an African poet and known for his Involvement in the negritude movement in France. In his poem Africa, his motive is to give a message of hope resistance to the people of the continent. He also used the first person point of view to show his support and patriotism to his beloved country.