Growing Up with Poetry: An Anthology for Secondary SchoolsDavid Rubadiri Heinemann, 1989 - 112 pages An anthology designed for the enjoyment and instruction of students from junior-secondary school onwards. The poems focus on aspects central to African life and culture: lover, identity, death, village life, separation, power and freedom. Guidance for teachers is included. |
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... Death , be not proud John Donne 31 Lament for the dead mother Ewe 31 Death the leveller James Shirley 31 The Ancestors Hottentot 33 Prayer to the moon Bushman 32 . VILLAGE LIFE Before reading questions 35 Inside my Zulu hut.
... Death , be not proud John Donne 31 Lament for the dead mother Ewe 31 Death the leveller James Shirley 31 The Ancestors Hottentot 33 Prayer to the moon Bushman 32 . VILLAGE LIFE Before reading questions 35 Inside my Zulu hut.
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... mother Lorna Goodison 40 The sweet brew at Chitakale Gossips ( Maaka ) Grace Setlalekgosi 41 . The poor man Swahili 43 Old Granny Bonus Zimunya 40 Jack Mapanje 41 The beard Proscovia Rwakyaka 42 The lazy man Yoruba 43 The sweetest thing ...
... mother Lorna Goodison 40 The sweet brew at Chitakale Gossips ( Maaka ) Grace Setlalekgosi 41 . The poor man Swahili 43 Old Granny Bonus Zimunya 40 Jack Mapanje 41 The beard Proscovia Rwakyaka 42 The lazy man Yoruba 43 The sweetest thing ...
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... Mother Earth Mazisi Kunene 77 I took my son by the hand Micere Mugo 77 African child David Rubadiri 79. A freedom song Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye 79 Liberating love Canaan Banana 81 QUESTIONS Identity 86. Death and the Ancestors 90 Love 83 ...
... Mother Earth Mazisi Kunene 77 I took my son by the hand Micere Mugo 77 African child David Rubadiri 79. A freedom song Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye 79 Liberating love Canaan Banana 81 QUESTIONS Identity 86. Death and the Ancestors 90 Love 83 ...
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Contents
IDENTITY | 11 |
We New World Blacks Grace Nichols | 22 |
Inside my Zulu hut Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali | 36 |
SEPARATION | 45 |
Common terms and phrases
Africa African child African thunderstorm alliteration aloud Ancestors anthology Armanda Atieno baby become a monkey birth of Shaka boy who died brew at Chitakale Building the nation Bushman Canaan Banana David Diop David Rubadiri David Rubadiri Malawi Death the leveller died at Diepkloof Diepkloof Reformatory discuss European feel flywhisk freedom song Gaborone Gabriel Okara giraffe cannot become Grace Nichols graceful giraffe Grass will grow hair Holding my beads ideas identity images Jack Mapanje Jonathan Kariara language Lawino Liberating love lines Lorna Goodison meaning metaphor mulatta as Penelope Oba of Benin Okot p'Bitek Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali path Paton poetry praise-song questions read the poems Return my mother rhyme rhythm similes sing America Sipho Sepamla Skin-teeth small groups someone sort sounds begin spear story sweet brew tell tradition true minds Uganda verse paragraph village wind woman women words World Blacks write a poem