The Revolutionary Poems of Tayo Olafioye
This paper examines the revolutionary poems of Tayo Olafioye in order to demonstrate how his radical thought is depicted in his poems. To achieve this purpose, a study of one of his collections of poems, entitled A carnival of looters,is undertaken. In the study, we discover that proverbs are th...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Ghana
2015-05-01
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| Series: | Legon Journal of the Humanities |
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| Summary: | This paper examines the revolutionary poems of Tayo Olafioye in order to demonstrate how his radical thought is depicted in his poems. To achieve this purpose, a study of one of his collections of poems, entitled A carnival of looters,is undertaken. In the study, we discover that proverbs are the central technique used in depicting critical ideas in the poems. The paper concludes that proverbs are used for expressing reformative messages
as means of mobilisation and conscientisation of the masses in order to achieve social change. |
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| ISSN: | 2458-746X |