A Far Cry from Africa Study Guide consists of approx. 50 pages of summaries and analysis on A Far Cry from Africa by Derek Walcott. Browse the literature study guide below:
The first stanza compares Africa to an animal whose "pelt" has been ruffled. The ruffling of the pelt is the uprising of the Kikuyu people. Once the battle is over, corpses lie strewn across the ground. Walcott compares the brutal massacre to the massacre of the Jews. He infers that the British think the African's are as dispensable as Hitler thought the Jews to be. (
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