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THE DYING CHILD Freeman Peter Lwamba ~ Selected Poems
THE DYING CHILD Freeman Peter Lwamba ~ Selected Poems
Thin and red,
Skinny and bald,
The boy groans on the ground.
Swollen stomach
Full of waste,
Thin legs,
Thin arms,
Twitch
As the...
THE AWFUL DENTIST By Jwani Mwaikusa ~ Selected Poems
THE AWFUL DENTIST By Jwani Mwaikusa ~ Selected Poems
He read medicine
Specializing in the tooth,
And graduated with honours
With new thesis
To cure the aching malady.
“Our teeth...
AFRICA BY David Diop
AFRICA BY David Diop (Senegal) ~ Selected Poems
Africa my Africa
Africa of proud warriors in the ancestral savannahs
Africa of whom my grandmother sings
On the banks...
Introduction And Basic Concepts Of Literature
Introduction And Basic Concepts Of Literature
THEORY OF LITERATURE
Is a body of principle that gives a learner the origin development and essential qualities of literature....
I Will Marry When I Want By Ngugi Wa Thiong’o And Ngugi Wa Mirii
I Will Marry When I Want By Ngugi Wa Thiong'o And Ngugi Wa Mirii
This play depicts the protest of peasants in Kenya after independence....
An Enemy of the People Author By H. Iibsen
An Enemy of the People By H Ibsen
SYNOPSIS OF THE PLAY
Ibsen is a Norwegian playwright he was born in 1828-1905.The play deals with political...
Betrayal In The City By Francis Mbuga
Betrayal In The City By Francis Imbuga
SUMMARY OF THE BOOK
The play Betrayal in the city, is the play written by Francis Imbuga and setting of...
SUNRISE BY Jwani Mwaikusa.
SUNRISE Jwani Mwaikusa.
Behold!
The sun has arisen,
And with it the sons of the land have arisen too
Forward they go,
Well armed,
Singing praises to the beauty of...
LIVE AND LET DIE Kundi Faraja – Poetry Analysis Growing Up With Poetry
LIVE AND LET DIE Kundi Faraja - Poetry Analysis Growing Up With Poetry
One says that
My children are dwarfs
That no one seems taller
Than the other.
That...
A FREEDOM SONG BY Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye
A FREEDOM SONG
BY Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye (Kenya)
Atieno washes dishes,
Atieno plucks the chicken,
Atieno gets up early,
Beds her sucks down in the kitchen,
Atieno eight years old
Atieno...
EAT MORE By Joe Corrie ~ Selected Poems
EAT MORE By Joe Corrie ~ Selected Poems
Eat more fruit!, the slogan say
More fish, more beef, more bread
But I’m on an employment pay
My third...
THE OLD MAN AND THE MEDAL BY FERDINAND OYONO
TITLE: THE OLD MAN AND THE MEDAL
AUTHOR: Ferdinand Oyono
Setting: Cameroon
PLOT SUMMARY
PART ONE
CHAPTER ONE
Meka wakes up at daybreak in a very poor hut and finds...
THE CONCUBINE BY ELECHI AMADI
TITLE: THE CONCUBINE
AUTHOR: ELECHI AMADI
SETTING: NIGERIA
The Concubine by definition: is a woman who, in some societies, lives and has sex with a man she is...
THE TRIALS OF BROTHER JERO BY WOLE SPYINKA
TITLE: THE TRIALS OF BROTHER JERO
PLAYWRIGHT: Wole Soyinka
Setting: Nigeria
PLOT SUMMARY
The play is divided into five scenes that communicate the playwright’s message.
Scene one:
The scene breaks...
GIRLS AT WAR BY CHINUA ACHEBE
TITLE: GIRLS AT WAR
Author: Chinua Achebe
Setting: Nigeria
Plot
Straightforward narration. The story is told in a straightforward narration in which the author narrates the events occurring...
THE DILEMMA OF A GHOST BY AMA ATA AIDOO
TITLE: THE DILEMMA OF A GHOST
PLAYWRIGHT: Ama Ata Aidoo
CASTS (Characters)
Ato Yawson: A young Ghanaian graduate.
Eulalie Yawson: Afro-American graduate.
Esi Kom: Ato’s mother
Monka: His sister.
Nana: His...
THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR BY NIKOLAI GOGOL
TITLE: THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR
PLAYWRIGHT: Nikolai Gogol
SETTING: Russia
Cast of Characters
¨ Anton Antonovitch – Mayor
¨ Artemy Filipovitch – Charity Commissioner
¨ A’mmos Fyodorovitch – Judge.
¨ Luka Lukitch – School Superintendent.
¨ Ivan Koosmitch...
A WALK IN THE NIGHT BY ALEX LA GUMA
TITTLE: A WALK IN THE NIGHT
AUTHOR: Alex La Guma
PLOT SUMMARY OF “A WALK IN THE NIGHT”
One
The story begins with Michael Adonis, known as Mikey,...
A MAN OF THE PEOPLE by Chinua Achebe
TITTLE: A MAN OF THE PEOPLE
AUTHOR: Chinua Achebe
SETTING: NIGERIA
YEAR: 1966
THE FORM OF THE NOVEL
THE TITLE
The title of the book “A Man of the People”...
IF WE MUST DIE BY Claude McKay ~ Selected Poems
IF WE MUST DIE BY Claude McKay ~ Selected Poems
If we must die, let it not be like hogs
Hunted and penned in an inglorious...
