A Far Cry from Africa | ''A Far Cry from Africa'' as the Poet's Personal Credo
In the following essay, Donnell analyzes ''A Far Cry from Africa'' as the poet's personal credo.
A Credo in Isolation
Even the title itself of Derek Walcott's lovely poem ''A Far Cry from Africa'' suggests that the author is writing about an African subject and doing so from a distance. It's an apt title, to be sure; Walcott is of African descent but was born and raised in what we might call the southeast corner of the American sphere without in any way encroaching on West Indies' independence. Writing from the beautiful island of St. Lucia, Walcott feels, as a well-educated and totally independent black West Indian, that he is indeed at some distance from Africa and the...
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