From the novel; Selected Poems from: New Poetry from Africa; Poems of Black Africa; A Selection of African Poetry; Exam Focus: Literature-in-English; Longman Examination Guides; West African Verse
This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa and D.I. Nwoga (ed.) West African Verse.
'When our Dead come with their Dead
When they have spoken to us with their clumsy voices...'
These lines from Birago Diop's poem. 'Vanity', refer to
a
the way in which the dead communicate with us
b
the clash of cultures in modern civilization
c
the elders' lack of sophistication
d
our inability to understand our ancestors
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dedeuk
10 years ago
The selected answer is wrong:
from the poem, the persona meant that our problems are caused by the negligence to the voices of our ancestors. so the answer is D
