Analysis of Viaticum by Birago Diop According to the Four Linguistic Levels
What are Linguistic Levels? Linguistic levels refer to different aspects or components of language that can be analyze…
What are Linguistic Levels? Linguistic levels refer to different aspects or components of language that can be analyze…
INTRODUCTION " Viaticum " by Birago Diop is a poetic exploration of ritual and spiritual passage. The speak…
A scroll of blue, an exquisite thought Moves upwards in a secret accord And the gentle pink explosion the shade filte…
If we tell, gently, gently All that we shall one day have to tell, Who then will hear our voices without laughter, Sad …
The Sun hung by a thread In the depths of the Calabash dyed indigo Boils the great Pot of Day. Fearful of the approac…
Listen more to things Than to words that are said. The water's voice sings And the flame cries And the wind that…
Africa my Africa, Africa of proud warriors in the ancestral savannahs, Africa my grandmother sings of Beside her dista…
Click Here to Read the Analysis of the Poem In those days When civilization kicked us in the face When holy water sla…
My brother you flash your teeth in response to every hypocrisy My brother with gold-rimmed glasses You give your mast…
In one of the three jugs The three jugs where on certain evenings return the tranquil souls, the breaths of the ancest…
If we tell, gently, gently All that we shall one day have to tell, Who then will hear our voices without laughter, Sa…