This is a philosophical poem. It was written in the 50s, when most of the poets used their intellect to culturally engage the colonialists. Just as the title of this poem implies, the poet rejects the whites' domination telling the whites to leave so they can live in peace.
The whites have caused enough disaffection and disunity among Africans. The Africans were made to become enemies of themselves as a result of different chaos and crisis. The once beautiful and colourful Africa has now been marred with the blood stain from various wars.
These chaos refer to the condition of the Africans during slave time. The whites attacked Africa violently, capturing people, destroying their villages and turning Africans against themselves.
This dehumanizing condition is what made the poet to call on the whites to allow them live in peace. The poet asserts that they are satisfied with their rustic, yet peaceful environment.
The poet however shifts his tone to address the futility of life. He says, sooner or later, all their huts will be destroyed by storm and human existence will be wiped off as all will return to the dust they were earlier created from. This assertion is an allusion to the Holy Bible, Ecclesiates 3:30- ' Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.
All these is to say the action of the whites will all end in death, so they are all vanity as all men shall return to God, where they will all be one.
The whites have caused enough disaffection and disunity among Africans. The Africans were made to become enemies of themselves as a result of different chaos and crisis. The once beautiful and colourful Africa has now been marred with the blood stain from various wars.
These chaos refer to the condition of the Africans during slave time. The whites attacked Africa violently, capturing people, destroying their villages and turning Africans against themselves.
This dehumanizing condition is what made the poet to call on the whites to allow them live in peace. The poet asserts that they are satisfied with their rustic, yet peaceful environment.
The poet however shifts his tone to address the futility of life. He says, sooner or later, all their huts will be destroyed by storm and human existence will be wiped off as all will return to the dust they were earlier created from. This assertion is an allusion to the Holy Bible, Ecclesiates 3:30- ' Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.
All these is to say the action of the whites will all end in death, so they are all vanity as all men shall return to God, where they will all be one.
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