LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 13:6 June 2013
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
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Reflection of the Struggle for a Just Society in
Selected Poems of Niyi Osundare and Mildred Kiconco Barya

Febisola Olowolayemo Bright, M.A.

Abstract

Over the years many Contemporary African poets, present their struggle for a just society by reflecting the socio-political events and ills prevalent in their various societies in their poems. This presentation is usually noticed in their simplicity of language, thematic preoccupation and authorial vision. The poems of Niyi Osundare and Mildred Kiconco Barya from West and East Africa were selected for analysis in this study. The analysis and close reading of the selected poems reveal that Niyi Osundare and Mildred Kiconco Barya were able to present their struggle for a just society through their simplicity of language, presentation of prevalent themes relevant to their various societies and a genuine authorial vision/social commitment in their various poems. It is believed that this study will give readers an idea of the injustice, inequality, poverty and some socio-political events in Africa reflected in contemporary African poems together with African poets’ vision and struggle for a just society.

1.0 Introduction

Africans have gone through a lot of experiences that have strongly influenced their poetry. Some of these experiences include slavery, colonialism and neocolonialism. These experiences brought about the need for a struggle for liberation. As a result of these, African poets saw a need to put down their experiences in the written form, talking about their different experiences and their feelings about those experiences.

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Febisola Olowolayemo Bright, M.A.
Department of English
College of Education
P.M.B 044
Azare
Bauchi-State
Nigeria
olowolayemofebisola4@gmail.com
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