JAMB - Literature In English (2000 - No. 25)
This question is based on selected poems from:
R. Johnson and D. Ker er al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry; M. Umukoro and A. Sani et al (eds.) Exam Focus: Literature in English; A.E. Eruvbetine and M. Jibril et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.
David Rubadiri's "Stanley meets Mutesa" symbolically describes the meeting between
a black king and a white man
Stanley and Mutesa
the West and Africa
Europe and a black king
Explanation
In Stanley Meets Mutesa, David Rubadiri uses the meeting between the European explorer, Henry Morton Stanley, and the African king, Mutesa, as a symbol of the encounter between the West (represented by Stanley) and Africa (represented by Mutesa). This symbolic meeting represents the colonial encounter, where Western powers, through exploration and imperialism, imposed their presence and influence on African societies.
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