Introduction The poem “Housing Targets” is written by Kelwyn Sole. It was first published in her poetry collection named “Love That Is Night” in 1993. The poet in this poem talks about the promise of providing housing facilities to the underprivileged. Sole himself was born in a lower-middle-class family and thus knows the suffering of … Read more
Introduction The poem “The Child is not Dead” is written by African poet Ingrid Jonker. The poem was written as a response to the massacre of Sharpeville on 21st March 1960. The poem talks about the people killed in the massacre during the apartheid regime. The poem is translated from the original language of Afrikaans. … Read more
Introduction The poem “It is the Constant Image of your Face” is written by the South African poet, Dennis Brutus. The poem talks about how the persona is divided between his romantic love and patriotic love. He keeps remembering his lover’s face full of grief, but he can not give his lover a precedence over … Read more
Introduction “An African Thunderstorm” is a poem by David Rubadiri, it describes the true power of nature and the effect of a storm on people. Rubadiri begins the poem with the speaker describing the storm’s arrival, with clouds rushing from the west along a high wind. The clouds move with great intensity, causing chaos and … Read more
Introduction Ben Okri’s “An African Elegy” is an elegy quite unlike the conventional Graynian elegy. However, it evokes the sense of loss and innocence for the dark continent, Africa. He not only manages to portray his feelings but also convey the message of the Africans in general using a first-person narrative. About The Poet Nigerian-born … Read more
