Thursday, October 15, 2015

   Langston Hughes uses the river as symbol in the poem The Negro Speaks. The poem just illustrates how Black Americans go through trials and tribulations. Throughout the poem it explains him coming from Africa to the Mississippi and  how he was raised . The struggles he had to go through shaped him.  In line one it says ," I heard the signing of the Mississippi" is an example of personification makes the river a singing thing. The singing river demonstrates the emotions of African American People. Singing has always been a way Black Americans express themselves. That line tells that he was brought from Congo to the Mississippi of New Orleans.

Monday, October 12, 2015

On this Africa Project I learned about resources Africa has like coffee, gold , chocolate ETC.