Africa

David Diop

About:
This poem is about the story of the African Race and it
showcases their background that is unbeknownst to
others, the connection of the poet to the Africans
although he isn’t African, the story of the Africans’
resiliency and courage to face the hardships presented
to them by the Europeans and Americans, and their
determination, perseverance, and patience to
Point 1: Point 2:
overcome the forces that oppress them.
The poem tells about The poem also talks
the story of the Africans about the resiliency and
and the connection of the courage of the Africans
poet to them because from because in lines 11-23, the
lines 1-10, the poet hardships of the Africans
describes Africa as a place while they are enslaved are
of pride and legacy, and he stated in the poem but the
also stated that he doesn’t poet sheds light onto the
actually know them but he fact that Africans aren’t
feels as if their blood is also
Summary:
the same blood coursing
through his veins, and with
that This
samepoem talks about
thought, he the background of the
Africans, their the
describes what upsAfricans
and downs, and how they will
have been their
overcome hardships.
through under
the power of the people that
enslaved them.