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AFRO-ASIAN POETRY (Report Summary)
Report By: Ortiz, John Benj A. AFRICAN POETRY a. History b. Themes c. Prominent Works and Poets B. ASIAN POETRY d. History e. Themes f. Prominent Works and Poets C. COMPARISON AND CONTRAST g. Comparison of African Poetry and Asian Poetry h. Contrast of African Poetry and Asian Poetry

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AFRICAN POETRY

I. II. HISTORY
Pre-Colonial Era 1. Poetry was unwritten. 2. There was a thin line between Poets and Musicians.
Colonial Era 1. Poetry was written in acquired foreign language. 2. Oral traditions in mother tongue weren’t recognized. 3. Atlantic Slave Trade 4. Anti-slavery poetry 5. Leopold Sedar Senghor
Liberation Struggle and Independence Era 1. African poets suffered and set aside their artistic vocations. 2. Christopher Okigbo 3. Mongane Wally Serote 4. Jack Mapanje 5. Ken Saro-Wiwa
Post-Colonial African Literature 1. African poetry is written in English, French, Portuguese and Native African Language. 2. Ali A. Mazrui 3. Wole Soyinka

III. THEMES
Pre-Colonial Era 1. Praising virtues and Condemning vices in society.
Colonial Era 1. Liberation, Independence and Negritude.

Post-Colonial African Literature 1. Clash between Africa's past and present 2. Clash between tradition and modernity 3. Clash between indigenous and foreign 4. Clash between individualism and community 5. Clash between socialism and capitalism 6. Clash between development and self-reliance 7. Clash between Africanity and humanity 8. Corruption 9. Economic disparities in newly independent countries 10. Rights and roles of women

IV. PROMINENT WORKS AND POETS
Pre-Colonial Era 1. The epic of Sundiata
Colonial Era 1. Prayer to the Masks
~ Leopold Sedar Senghor 2. Spirits
~ Birago Diop
Post-Colonial African Literature 1. Abiku
~ Wole