Comments on: Afrique / Africa by David Diop (1927-1960)

By: maureen

maureen — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 09:52:29 +0000

as a young as i am,tiz poem reminds me many things i am pround 2 be an African.the poet hav passed away but his spirit of poetry still leaves behind..i admire his work…mai ur soul rest in peace…

By: Theresa Adu Ansere

Theresa Adu Ansere — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:23:31 +0000

The poet shows his love for Africa and how he is proud of being an African.
By reading the poem,one feels the sense of belongingness and feels proud of his or her nationality.

By: Mark collins

Mark collins — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:26:53 +0000

Memories is short but our people are still not writing down our history, visual object and artifact are among the gratest remains of history.
David Diop this is one of the gratest poem i have even seen in my life Though you are not alive but your memories still linger, just like water you were and indespensable companion to Africa as a whole.
in nigeria in my secondary school days one has to memorize this poem in a text or Exam to have complete (40) Marks . what a wonderful poem. david you are one in a million. as we await to see you in paradise when persecution, violence, racism, segregation, will be no more. we in nigeria love you.

By: Nkolika

Nkolika — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 11:53:58 +0000

I so love this poem – in my secondary school in Nigeria, we (Literature class) were made to memorize it and give good analysis of it during tests and exams – I just cant forget it.
Lovely poem it is.

By: Zahra

Zahra — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:19:15 +0000

When I read this poem, I want to have a David to tell the world about the blood in the streets of Tehran, we need a david who talks about our wealthy earth that in its heart is full of bodies that were killed for freedom , for their missing right . You , the world , must know that we IRANIANS will gift our blood till last drop untillreacchto our right .

By: momodou

momodou — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:57:08 +0000

I have tears in my eyes. this poem tells our story now in a prophetic way. It is a manifestation of the pain of getting cut-off from our roots mainly for economic and political reasons. It makes me more than ever to believe that there is still hope that Africa can be at par with the rest of the world.keep your head up senegal, ghana, gambia. stand up AFRICA!

By: Ganesh Dhamodkar

Ganesh Dhamodkar — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:57:45 +0000

I read this poem in a collection of poetry for college students in India. It moved me very much that it prompted me to write a blog post about Diop.

By: Simon

Simon — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:28:49 +0000

Someone has modified the translation of the 15th line to read ‘No’ to the whip. I solemnly agree. The whip may now represent corrupt leaders feeding fat on the wealth of the land, the whip may be the continued extraction and retraction of knowledge, the whip may be the instability that causes sorrow and disillusionment which continues the abeyance of development. Whatever the whip may be, our generation says ‘No!’.

Merci bien.

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By: mofiyinfoluwa

mofiyinfoluwa — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:06:37 +0000

africa rocks keep it up