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I WILL PRONOUNCE YOUR NAME by LEOPOLD SEDAR SENGHOR

Poem Explanation

First Line: I WILL PRONOUNCE YOUR NAME, NAETT, I WILL DECLAIM YOU, NAETT!
Last Line: PRINCESS OF ELISSA, BANISHED FROM FUTA ON THE FATEFUL DAY
Subject(s): NEGRITUDE (LITERARY MOVEMENT);

Poem Sources:

THE PENGUIN BOOK OF MODERN AFRICAN POETRY. EDITED BY GERALD MOORE AND ULLI BEIER. 3RD EDITION.
  MOORE, GERALD (ED.)
  (1984)
 
THE PENGUIN BOOK OF MODERN AFRICAN POETRY. EDITED BY GERALD MOORE AND ULLI BEIER. 4TH EDITION.
  MOORE, GERALD (ED.)
  (1998)
 



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