expression in an alien tongue received worldwide acclaim. Their success proved‚ as critics like Srinivasa Iyengar pointed out‚ A shot in the arm of modern English Literature has had to come from West Africans like Amos Tutuola‚ Wole Soyinka and Gabriel Okara. (16) The role of poetry‚ in African literature‚ has
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Guilt is a common feeling that humans feel when they have done something wrong. The poets Gabriel Okara and Dennis brutus both express this feeling of guilt in their personas backgrounds. Therefore‚ okara’s “Once Upon a Time” and brutus’s “It is the Constant Image of Your Face” are poems portrayed with guilt‚ but they show it in different situations. The body of both poems have a specific situation happening. in the poem “Once Upon a Time” the persona wishes to be young again an forget all the lessons
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Once Upon A Time Poem Tells of Coversation Between Father and Son. ’Once Upon a Time’‚ was written by Gabriel Okara‚ who is a Nigerian poet. He often explains what happens when a traditional African culture meets the forces of the Western way of life. I think the poem was written to outline the fake personalities of many people and to try and get them to return to a natural and innocent state. The poem tells of the conversation between what seems to be a father and son‚ where the father wants to
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In the poem “Once Upon a Time‚” by Gabriel Okara‚ the persona is reflecting on the behavioral patterns of people in the present and the past hence using ‘once upon a time’ as the first line suggesting this was a long time ago. He then begins to compare the differences between how he acted as a child and how much that has changed now that he is an adult and a father .This poem is about a man growing up and losing the innocence he once had as a child. While in the poem “Forgive my Guilt‚” by Robert
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Nevertheless‚ one has to consider that living in a time when black Africans were subjected to the inequalities of colonial rule many Africans saw the English as a key. The same point was stated in the columns of Imvo Zabantsundu (An Xhosa/English weekly newspaper) that without English‚ blacks would have “remain[ed] one of the uneducated‚ living in the miserably small world of Boer ideals‚ or those of the untaught natives” (Willan‚ 1984: 36). South Africa was ruled by the English and Plaatje recognized
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Republic of the Philippines SULTAN KUDARAT POLYTECHNIC STATE COLLEGE GLAN EXTENSION Glan‚ Sarangani Province COURSE SYLLABUS Course No: English 311 Course Title: Afro-Asian Literature Course Description: Introduction to Afro-Asian Literature Credit Unit: 3 Number of Hours: Pre-requisites: Colege Vision: The SKPSC endeavors to prepare and update itself in all instructional requisite in terms of the need to help totally transformation the vast resources not only the province of Sultan Kudarat
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Africa‚ by David Diop David Mandessi Diop (19271960) was a revolutionary African poet born in France but with parents of West African descent. His poems highlighted problems of Africa brought about by colonialism and gave a message to Africans to bring about change and freedom. He was known for his involvement in the negritude movement in France‚ a movement started by Black writers and artists protesting against French colonialism and its effects of African culture and values. His views and feelings
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In the poem ‘A Contemplation of Flowers’ written by Henry King and ‘Once Upon A Time’ written by Gabriel Okara‚ both speak of and expresses regret by the persona in the way he had lived his life. Both personas illustrate how they wished that their situation would have been different by expressing their desires in poetic devices such as rhyme‚ alliteration‚ reputation‚ etc‚ etc. In ‘A Contemplation of Flowers‚’ the poet speaks about a man who has an admiration for flowers. The persona is marvelled
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and Job Satisfaction Zeeshan Fareed1*‚ Zain Ul Abidan2‚ Farrukh Shahzad3‚ Umm-e-Amen4‚ and Rab Nawaz Lodhi5 1. MS Scholar‚ Department of Management Sciences‚ CIIT‚ Sahiwal‚ Pakistan 2. MBA‚ Department of Management Sciences‚ University of Education‚ Okara Campus‚ Pakistan 3&4. B.Com (Hons.)‚ Hailey College of Commerce‚ Punjab University‚ Lahore‚ Pakistan 5. Lecturer‚ Department of Management Sciences‚ CIIT‚ Sahiwal‚ Pakistan Now a day’s all firms or business entities are facing so many issues related
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Early on the mother states that she is trying to “prevent” her daughter from looking “Like the slut you are so bent on becoming” (Kincaid 185). The mother later goes on to express to the daughter “ This is how you sweep a whole house” or “How to grow okara”(Kincaid 185). The two previous statements explains and show in its own how the mother is taking her daughter underneath her wing and transition her into a what’s known as a women in this particular society. Lastly is the pity the mother reveals
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