What do you say? As you read “I Am Offering This Poem” and ” Since Feeling is First,” suppose you were the person being addressed in Baca’s or Cummings’s poem. Write your answer to the speaker or in a verse.

What do you say? As you read “I Am Offering This Poem” and ” Since Feeling is First,” suppose you were the person being addressed in Baca’s or Cummings’s poem. Write your answer to the speaker or in a verse. Do you like what the speaker says to you or about you, or are you feeling something else? Who is the speaker, in your imagination?

Compare and/or contrast the topic of slavery and cultural ideals as expressed by Walter Rodney”s How Europe Underdeveloped Africa and Olaudah Equiano’s Narrative, with Ayi Kwei Armah’s critique on the topic in The Healers.

Compare and/or contrast the topic of slavery and cultural ideals as expressed by Walter Rodney”s How Europe Underdeveloped Africa and Olaudah Equiano’s Narrative, with Ayi Kwei Armah’s critique on the topic in The Healers. How do these texts compare and/or contrast to ideals previously critiqued in The Husia, Sundiata, and/or traditional folklore? What do you perceive as Armah’s main intent in The Healers.