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This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa and D.I. Nwoga (ed.) West African Verse.

'When our Dead come with their Dead

When they have spoken to us with their clumsy voices...'

These lines from Birago Diop's poem. 'Vanity', refer to

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A)
the way in which the dead communicate with us
B)
the clash of cultures in modern civilization
C)
the elders' lack of sophistication
D)
our inability to understand our ancestors

The correct answer is D.


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