The theme of Africanness in Birago Diop’s poetry

Abstract

The Theme of Africanness permeates Birago Diop’s poetic art. In his poetry. Birago Diop celebrates the dead ancestor, the African cultural traditions, and the African  topographical landscape, as well as the African cultural objectives and artifacts.  Furthermore he draws images and metaphors from the African flora and fauna in order to develop and illuminate his lyrics. It is all of these, and more, that this essay discusses.