John Lester L.

Culibra

STEM 12-2

“Africa” by David Diop “Telephone Conversation” by Wole Soyinka

- This poem described the lives of African - Telephone Conversation by Wole Soyinka
people. Similarities is a poem that is concerned with the
racial discrimination between the white
- This poem also discussed about how African - The main subject is the woman and the black African man.
are humiliated and how they suffer from African people
slavery. - This poem shows how some people
- Both are derived from real life mistreat black people who they do not
- The author proudly represents his people. situations that are currently occurring in even know anything about.
he is a proud African who loves the where he our society.
he was born and loves the people who lives - Different techniques was also used by the
within. - Both literary texts used words that are author to thoroughly give the idea on how
somehow uncommon or do need higher level the woman discriminated the African male.
- The poem also described the time when of vocabulary for its readers to comprehend.
Africa was colonized. - The author briefly conveyed his position on
-Both talks about how other races treat the racism through the telephone conversation
- The author/poet is trying to boost the morale Africans differently.
of his fellow Africans to become strong and - The tone of the poem is playful where it
remain unbent. was like a ride in a coaster and was also
satirical.
- One of the main theme of the poem which
also is one of its goal is to give hope to - The author/poet gave a message to the
the people of Africa who were humiliated, readers that racial discrimination shall never
discriminated, and stepped on by others. exist and must be eliminated by any means.

- The tone of the poem seems proud but

is somehow desperate.