An African Elegy Comments

We are the African people. We are the sons and daughters of God. But apart from miracles shrouding the mystery of the lands we are born in, why is there poverty doing the rounds? Why is our destiny so?

An African Elegy is not an elegy exactly, but is all about the loss of innocence and simplicity. As a poem, it is not Grayan, but Blakian and Wordsworthian.

The song of Africa, the Dark Continent, the drum beats of it, ethnic communities and societies with their native cultures, traditions and beliefs, myth and mythology of own, how to take for a narration? How will it be the folk songs?

Quite evocative, encouraging and taunting at the same time. A beautiful capture of the antithesis of both sides of life and finding a voice in the drowning challenges of life.

A nice poem from one I've so heard of here in Nigeria... your name rings a bell in UNN... honour to read your poem Sir

To taste the bitter fruit of Time. We are precious. And one day our suffering Will turn into the wonders of the earth. very first stanza is very revealing and it is the truth and history proves it. but sufferings make us great men and women on this planet. tony

A good start with a nice poem, Ben Okri. You may like to read my poem, Love And Iust. Thank you.