Consider the theme of culture neglect in Diop’s Vanity
Explanation
The required answers should include:
i. Effects of civilisation on African cultural values.
ii. The poet’s unhappiness with the prevailing situation which he considers ridiculous and demeaning.
iii. The poet’s use of words/phrases to call attention to the neglect of ancestral counselling and guidance.
iv. His certainty that only ancestral guidance and counselling can solve their problem.
v. The profitability of sticking to African culture.