Page 1 : ENGLISH, CLASS -9, , , , AFRICA, , - DAVID DIOP

Page 2 : Question 1., , How does the poet come to know about the, history of Africa?, , Answer:, , The poet comes to know about the history of, Africa from his grandmother's songs., , Africa Poem Questions And Answers, Question 2., , The poet did not spend much of his life in, Africa. Pick out the line/lines that express, this feeling., , Answer:, , “Africa of whom my grandmother sings/On, the banks of the distant river/I have never, known you” — these lines express the feeling, that the poet didn’t spend much of his life in, Africa.

Page 3 : Africa Lesson Notes Question 3., , Despite staying away from Africa, how is he, able to describe Africa?, , Answer:, , The poet has heard his grandmother sing, about Africa. In spite of staying away from, his land, he knows that he belongs there. He, knows that the blood that flows in his veins, belongs to Africa. He feels the affinity to that, land and the people. He describes it as a, beautiful land of ‘ancestral savannahs’ and, irrigated fields., , Africa Poem 9th Class Question 4., , ‘Red scars’ — What does this phrase refer to?, Answer:, , Red scars are caused by the whipping of the, blacks by the whites in the scorching heat of, the midday sun. Thus, the phrase ‘Red scars’, describes the wounds and injury the blacks, suffer from in their state of slavery.

Page 4 : Africa Poem 9th Standard Question 5., , Pick out the lines that talk about the, humiliation suffered by the Africans., Answer:, , “Is this you this back that is bent This back, that breaks under the weight of humiliation., This back trembling with red scars. And, saying yes to the whip under the midday sun, talks about the humiliation suffered by the, Africans., , KSEEB Solutions For Class 9th English, Africa Question 6., , ‘That tree there in splendid loneliness’., Explain this phrase with reference to the, feelings of the poet about his country., Answer:, , The line shows the pride the poet has, towards his country. He says that despite, being repeatedly humiliated, the Africans try, to stand and assert his independence, proudly. He is proud of his country for its, trying to assert its independence.

Page 5 : Africa Poem Question 7., , “That grows again patiently obstinately, And its fruit gradually acquires, , The bitter taste of liberty”., , 1. What does ‘That’ refer to?, , 2. How does it grow?, , 3. What does ‘bitter taste of liberty’ refer, , to?, , Answer:, , 1. ‘That’ refers to the tree., , 2. It grows patiently without giving up., When the poet uses the word, ‘obstinately’, which means stubbornly,, he is positive in what he conveys. He, wants to express the idea that the tree, which symbolizes the nation, is, determined and cannot be defeated.