africa lost and lost and lost
Tanusri Dutta,
Published in International Journal of Advanced Research in Literature and Education
ISSN: 2348-2346 Impact Factor:1.9 Volume:1 Issue:2 Year: 08 May,2014 Pages:20-26
Abstract
Loss, in many ways, is related to Africa; especially Africa under colonial domination and the impact of various forms of loss is evident in various forms in the African life and culture. This paper tries to study the element of loss found in different forms in African poetry written in or translated into English focusing on some celebrated names like Gabriel Okara, David Diop and Kofi Awoonor. This paper, at its end, tries to highlight the fact that, “loss” as a theme, enriches the African poetry to a great extent though different sorts of loss affect the African life and culture in many ways.
Kewords
Loss, Colonization, Profit, Oral Literature
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