The Troubleed Image of Africa in Shilia Kaaya's Poetry

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dc.creatorMwaifuge, Eliah S.
dc.date2018-09-04T13:00:03Z
dc.date2018-09-04T13:00:03Z
dc.date2017
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-03T13:11:12Z
dc.date.available2021-05-03T13:11:12Z
dc.descriptionThis 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.
dc.identifier2343-6530
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/4761
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/4761
dc.languageen
dc.publisherContemporary Journal of African Studies
dc.relationVol. 5;1
dc.subjectAfrica, Colonialism, Image, Neo-colonialism, Development
dc.titleThe Troubleed Image of Africa in Shilia Kaaya's Poetry
dc.typeJournal Article, Peer Reviewed

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