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Published on Nov 30, 2015

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AFRICA

DAVID DIOP
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Sturcture

  • It is a total of 24 lines.
  • It is written in free verse.
  • Stanzas vary in length to put more emphasis on certain ideas.
  • Contains some internal and slant rhymes. (No real scheme)
  • Has a fast cadence but not really structured.
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PERSONIFICATION

"Africa tell me Africa is this you this back that is bent"
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Repetition: "This back that breaks under the weight of humiliation. This back trembling with red scars."

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Juxaposition: "Your beautiful black blood that irrigates the fields."

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Though the narrator may not live in Africa, he shows his great love, passion, and patriotism to his motherland.

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WAKA WAKA

By: Shakira "Related Song"
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Diop, David. "Africa." Trans. Reading the World: Contemporary Literature from Around the Globe. Ed. Carol Francis. Logan, IA: Perfection Learning, 2012. iBooks.

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Creator: Robert Flores

Robert Flores