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    The poet is of African descent but living abroad. The poem expresses the poet's changing views of Africa from initial ignorance influenced by stories of his grandmother, to a new understanding of Africa's resilience and struggle for freedom symbolized by an obstinate tree. The tree represents Africa springing up again despite suffering, with its fruit acquiring "the bitter taste of liberty."

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    Poetry: English Literature Name

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    The poet is of African descent but living abroad. The poem expresses the poet's changing views of Africa from initial ignorance influenced by stories of his grandmother, to a new understanding of Africa's resilience and struggle for freedom symbolized by an obstinate tree. The tree represents Africa springing up again despite suffering, with its fruit acquiring "the bitter taste of liberty."

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    The poet is of African descent but living abroad. The poem expresses the poet's changing views of Africa from initial ignorance influenced by stories of his grandmother, to a new understanding of Africa's resilience and struggle for freedom symbolized by an obstinate tree. The tree represents Africa springing up again despite suffering, with its fruit acquiring "the bitter taste of liberty."

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    Poetry: English Literature Name

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    The poet is of African descent but living abroad. The poem expresses the poet's changing views of Africa from initial ignorance influenced by stories of his grandmother, to a new understanding of Africa's resilience and struggle for freedom symbolized by an obstinate tree. The tree represents Africa springing up again despite suffering, with its fruit acquiring "the bitter taste of liberty."

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    English Literature

    Name:

    Poetry

    Instruction: Read the poem carefully and answer the following questions by highlighting or
    writing the correct answer.

    Africa my Africa by David Diop

    Africa my Africa
    Africa of proud warriors in ancestral Savannahs
    Africa of whom my grandmother sings
    On the banks of the distant river
    I have never known you
    But your blood flows in my veins
    Your beautiful black blood that irrigates the fields
    The blood of your sweat
    The sweat of your work
    The work of your slavery
    Africa, tell me Africa
    Is this your back that is unbent
    This back that never breaks under the weight of humiliation
    This back trembling with red scars
    And saying no to the whip under the midday sun?
    But a grave voice answers me
    Impetuous child that tree, young and strong
    That tree over there
    Splendidly alone amidst white and faded flowers
    That is your Africa springing up anew
    springing up patiently, obstinately
    Whose fruit bit by bit acquires
    The bitter taste of liberty.

    1. The poet is
    a) Born and living in Africa. C) indifferent to the fate
    Africa.
    b) Of African descent but living abroad. d) born abroad but living in
    Africa.

    2. The poet initial view of Africa is that it is


    a) A land of self – respect and toil. C) a country of same and woe
    b) A war- ridden country. D) a land of leisure and song.
    3. This view may have been influenced by
    a) His ignorance of African history. c) his direct experience of his
    African life.
    b) Proud images such as those of his grandmother’s
    Songs. D) his ancestor’s tale of
    Shame.
    4. ‘Impetuous’ (line 18) means
    a) Intelligent c)showing pity

    b) Hypocritical d) lacking thought

    5. The poet sees Africa in a changed light starting at


    a) Line 17. c) line 13.

    b) Line 9. d) line 15.

    6. The new light is one of


    a) Pride and joy c) greater glory than in earlier
    Days.
    b) Acceptance and shame d) freedom and contentment.

    7. The tree mentioned in line 19 is


    a) The symbol of a broken, faded Africa. c) The symbol of a liberated
    Africa.
    b) A dying one with no future at all. d) of little significance in the
    poem.
    8. The tree shows characteristics of
    a) Defeat. c) resilience.
    b) Infertility. d) pessimism.
    9. The poet ends the poem on a note of
    a) Reservation. c) repentance.
    b) Hopelessness. d) rebirth.
    10. Which of the following words is used metaphorically?
    a) Savannahs (line 2) c) sun (line 16)
    b) Bank (line 4) d) back (line 13)

    11. ‘Obstinately’ (line 22) means


    a) Willful c) slowly.
    b) Surrendering. d) Cautiously.

    Identify the literary device

    c) ‘The bitter taste of liberty’ (Line 24)


    d) ‘Impetuous sun’ (Line 18)

    e) ‘Beautiful black blood’ (Line 7)

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