| dc.creator |
Mwaifuge, Eliah S. |
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| dc.date |
2018-09-04T13:00:03Z |
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| dc.date |
2018-09-04T13:00:03Z |
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| dc.date |
2017 |
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| dc.date.accessioned |
2021-05-03T13:11:12Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2021-05-03T13:11:12Z |
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| dc.identifier |
2343-6530 |
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| dc.identifier |
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/4761 |
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| dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/4761 |
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| dc.description |
This paper examines representations of Africa in Shilia Kaaya’s poetry. Kaaya’s The Bleeding Heart and other Poems (2009) features thirty-eight poems covering diverse themes. This paper focuses on ten poems which are devoted to colonialism, neo-colonialism and political problems besetting contemporary Africa. It argues that Kaaya’s poetry interrogates the dynamics of colonialism, neo-colonialism and the political problems in Africa and their effect on the development of Africa. It demonstrates how Kaaya’s poems raise salient issues about how Africa’s development — economically and politically, is undermined by both the European coloniser and Africans themselves. The Archetypal approach, which describes images found in a variety of poems written by a single poet, is applied to enhance understanding of the core message (s) of the poems. |
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| dc.language |
en |
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| dc.publisher |
Contemporary Journal of African Studies |
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| dc.relation |
Vol. 5;1 |
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| dc.subject |
Africa, Colonialism, Image, Neo-colonialism, Development |
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| dc.title |
The Troubleed Image of Africa in Shilia Kaaya's Poetry |
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| dc.type |
Journal Article, Peer Reviewed |
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