Humanising and harmonising Africans through Poetry: the Chirikure Chirikure example

Tapping from Chirikureís poetry anthologies, this paper is a conscious engagement with Chirikure's contribution to humanization and harmonization of African people. It is stressed in this paper that Chirikure is a leading figure in repudiating existential nihilism. It is argued here that Chirik...

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Main Author: Tembo, Charles
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description Tapping from Chirikureís poetry anthologies, this paper is a conscious engagement with Chirikure's contribution to humanization and harmonization of African people. It is stressed in this paper that Chirikure is a leading figure in repudiating existential nihilism. It is argued here that Chirikureís of erings reveal relentless commitment to ësetting afootí new men and women who are subjects and not objects. Against this background, it is also observed in the paper that while Chirikure is able to see the indispensability of Afrocentric action for liberation and progress, he seems to "blame the victim for a crime" Achebe (2009) instead of the systems that are responsible for objectifying Africans. The paper is couched in and guided by Afrocentricity.
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spelling ir-11408-12932022-06-27T13:49:06Z Humanising and harmonising Africans through Poetry: the Chirikure Chirikure example Tembo, Charles Poetry, Humanising, Harmonising, Afrocentricicity Tapping from Chirikureís poetry anthologies, this paper is a conscious engagement with Chirikure's contribution to humanization and harmonization of African people. It is stressed in this paper that Chirikure is a leading figure in repudiating existential nihilism. It is argued here that Chirikureís of erings reveal relentless commitment to ësetting afootí new men and women who are subjects and not objects. Against this background, it is also observed in the paper that while Chirikure is able to see the indispensability of Afrocentric action for liberation and progress, he seems to "blame the victim for a crime" Achebe (2009) instead of the systems that are responsible for objectifying Africans. The paper is couched in and guided by Afrocentricity. 2016-05-12T16:46:19Z 2016-05-12T16:46:19Z 2014 Article 2312-945X http://hdl.handle.net/11408/1293 Repositioning the Humanities: Journal of Contemporary Research; open Midlands State University
spellingShingle Poetry, Humanising, Harmonising, Afrocentricicity
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Humanising and harmonising Africans through Poetry: the Chirikure Chirikure example
title Humanising and harmonising Africans through Poetry: the Chirikure Chirikure example
title_full Humanising and harmonising Africans through Poetry: the Chirikure Chirikure example
title_fullStr Humanising and harmonising Africans through Poetry: the Chirikure Chirikure example
title_full_unstemmed Humanising and harmonising Africans through Poetry: the Chirikure Chirikure example
title_short Humanising and harmonising Africans through Poetry: the Chirikure Chirikure example
title_sort humanising and harmonising africans through poetry: the chirikure chirikure example
topic Poetry, Humanising, Harmonising, Afrocentricicity
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