Category: African Poetry
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African Poetry ~ Telephone Conversation; By Wole Soyinka: The Africa Insight with David
Wole Soyinka(b.1934) “Telephone Conversation” The price seemed reasonable, Location Indifferent. The landlady swore she lived Off premises. Nothing remained But self-confession. “Madam,” I warned,”I hate a wasted journey–I am African.”Silence. Silenced transmission of Pressurized good-breeding. Voice, when it came,Lipstick coated, long gold-rolled Cigarette-holder pipped. Caught I was foully.”HOW DARK?” . . . I had not…
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African Poetry – Everybody Is Doing It… By Benjamin Zaphaniah; The Africa Insight with David
African PoetryTittle: Everybody Is Doing ItBy Benjamin Zephaniah In Hawaii they HulaThey Tango in ArgentinaThey Reggae in JamaicaAnd they Rumba down in Cuba,In Trinidad and TobagoThey do the CalypsoAnd in Spain the SpanishThey really do Flamenco. In the Punjab they BhangraHow they dance Kathak in IndiaOver in GuatemalaThey dance the sweet Marimba,Even foxes dance a…
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