A Far Cry From Africa By Derek Walcott Summary And Critical Analysis
The poem A Far Cry from Africa belongs to post colonial poetry Mainly the poem discusses the events of the Mau Mau uprising in Kenya in the early 1950s It was a bloody battle during the 1950 between the European settlers and the native Kikuyu tribes in Kenya Kikuyu was the largest and most educated tribe in Kenya"A Far Cry from Africa" by Derek Walcott Student's Name Institution Affiliation A Far Cry from Africa Derek Walcott – Summary and Critical Analysis A Far Cry from Africa by Derek Walcott deals with the theme of split identity and anxiety caused by it in the face of the struggle in which the poet could side with neither party It is, in short, about the poet's ambivalent feelings
