Which are the lines in the poem that impressed you the most and why?
‘West African Sepia’ is the phrase which impressed me the most. This phrase was the correct answer or reply given by the poet (a tenant) to the arrogant landlady. When lady asked poet many times about his colour he had given this reply which shows that what people think about black people is just a mindset which is waste. Soyinka with these words tried to put a light on colour discrimination. He felt that a person cannot be judged by his colour or appearance, a person must always identified by his intellect, knowledge and behavior. In this poem, Soyinka impressed me with his views and presentation on how black people get discriminated and instead of feeling low they should answer people that make them feel wrong in their opinion in regard to discrimination towards skin colour.
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