Nothings Changed :: Afrika Culture Cultural Poems Poetry Essays

Nothings ChangedIn nothings changed Afrika describes the cultural discrimination amongcoloured people and whites. He represents this by using many diametricpoetic techniques, he does this by emphasising that on that point is acultural difference between them, he shows this by using a small liquidation in Africa called District sixsome.The Title of the poem suggests that when the whites destroyed Districtsix and built a new village, for coloured and whites to mix, it didnot work. He shows this with the tinge of being unwelcome, in thevillage that used to be his home when he was a child. In this poem the glossinesss are divided because of wealth and power.In stanza 1, Afrika clearly builds up a sense of his anger at thechronic injustice. As he walks through District six, once so beaten(prenominal) to him, he feels an outsider. He begins his poem with shortmonosyllabic words, small beatnik stones, which adds a feeling ofsharpness to the tone which suggests his anger. In addition , theonomatopoeia word frank emphasises his anger because of his sharpaggressive ck sound. Secondly he begins to use jolty and aggressivewords, for example the word thrust is a very boisterous and unwelcomeword, and it sounds very violent and aggressive. In this poem Afrikauses the symbol of weeds as the weeds are unwelcome, the weeds andAfrika are similar because they are unwelcome as they are bothoutsiders.Afrikas hatred for what he believes it continually discriminated,this it shown as a symbol with the whites only inn, Afrika uses aword brash which shows his vulgar, garnish and ostentations intoappearance. Also alliteration is used in guards at the gatepost withits aggressive g sound, to reveal how intimidating it feels.Secondly at that place is a sense of unwelcome ness this is symbolised withthe imported trees, menus and luxury foods additionally there isrepetition of the word glass this symbolises a barrier physiologic andpsychological as he is not allowed in. In the p oem nothings changed, Afrika compares the working-mans cafeto the up-market eatery. He compares the imported trees, menu, tothe cheap and basic cafe, this is shown by when he says we have a go at it wherewe belong, and this says that he knows that he cant go into theup-market restaurant because of laws and feels that he doesnt fit inthere. Also in this stanza there is also a symbol its in the bone,this symbolises that his culture is inside like it is imbedded insidehim, he also shows this by give tongue to wipe your fingers on your jeans it