This question is based on selected poems from:
R. Johnson and D. Ker er al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry; M. Umukoro and A. Sani et al (eds.) Exam Focus: Literature in English; A.E. Eruvbetine and M. Jibril et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.
'My bottom raven black-one moment madam!- sensing
Her receiver rearing on the thunderclap'
The extract above from Wole Soyinka's "Telephone Conversation" shows the friction between
This extract in Wole Soyinka's "Telephone Conversation," illustrates the tension and friction between the landlady and the tenant. The landlady's response to the tenant's race, as he describes it, creates an awkward and charged atmosphere. The lines convey a sense of confusion, tension and awkwardness that arises when the landlady reacts to the tenant’s race without understanding or respect.
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