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This question is based on selected poems from D. Ker, C. Maduka et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa, Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa, K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.

Kofi Awoonor's 'Songs of Sorrow' is concerned with devastation because

the poet had fought in many wars

of the destruction of part of Africa by the weather

of the impact of white domination on parts of Africa

of the destruction of the shrines of the ancestors

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Kofi Awoonor's 'Songs of Sorrow' is concerned with devastation because of the destruction of the shrines of the ancestors. The poem mourns the loss of traditional African culture and values as a result of the spread of Westernization and colonialism. The destruction of the shrines symbolizes the erasure of African heritage and the loss of spiritual connection to the land and ancestors. Awoonor laments the devastation of the African continent and calls for a return to the traditional values that have been lost.

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