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It is a universal truth that in times of political or social
uncertainties the poet usually takes on the mantle of prophet,
priest or seer. He becomes not just the custodian of justice, but
also the symbolic voice of the unified society. And if he becomes
the voice of the masses, it is also true that vox populi vox dei.
It is in these unique and peculiar roles that Wole Soyinka
(Nigeria), Claude Mckay (USA), and Jean Toomer (USA) used poetry as
a medium to enunciate their anxieties, frustrations, doubts, hopes,
and desires about the repressive systems in their respective
countries. So, the poetics of rage is like the 'Voice of one Crying
in the Wilderness.'
Most of the writers on the literary achievements of the poets of
Harlem Renaissance focus their attention on Langston Hughes, Claude
McKay, Countee Cullen and W.E.B. DuBois. The women poets of this
movement are either deliberately or inadvertently omitted or
ignored. Black Women Poets of Harlem Renaissance presents a
critical examination of the creative poetic achievements of five
women writers during the Harlem Renaissance. This discussion is
vital not only for public enlightenment, but also to validate the
poetic achievements of Black women who wrote poetry for poetry,
full of joy and passion. The validation of the poetic achievements
of women in this movement should give us a full realization of the
corpus of the Black literary achievements of this era.
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