Expressions of exile and homecoming: A critical analysis of the selected Namibian poetry in English

The main focus of this thesis was to analyse the thematic expressions of the exile and homecoming of selecting Namibia poetry in English. The study is guided by new historicism and post colonialism theories. The study adopted a qualitative approach and data was analysed using a thematic analysis. The study found that Namibians gained independence yet they are facing factors such as disillusionment, poverty, high rate of unemployment, alienation, identity crisis, corruption and there is a huge gap between the rich and the poor as portrayed in the selected poems. The study also paints a picture that shows the possibility of a change over that happens when one goes into exile. At the same time, the poets show that after all, exile is not that dreadful, although other poems might depict it as otherwise. The study contends that the poets portray independence as a total failure economically, culturally and politically. The political complaint portray how government has failed to deliver on most its promises due to corruption and how independent has co-operated the self-respect and identity that comes with being black and being poor. In overall, it appears that post-independence poets are disillusioned by the fruits of independence. The poets echo the high aggression and low receptivity of the lives experienced in the foreign lands. Also, these poems communicate, through the choice of words, insightful and frightening lived realities of exilic life.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Namibia

Year dc:date.issued

2020

Author dc:creator

• Shitope, Lovisa Indileni Ndapandula

• Poems communicate
• Namibia poetry in English.

Language dc:language.iso

en

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11070/3221

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:repository.unam.edu.na:11070/3221