Mystic Drum

The African Literature

1. Hina Chauhan M.A. Sem-4 Dept.Of English MKBU Mystic Drum

2. Significance of Drum African Culture H eartbeats of Poetic Persona. Beating Drums-Ritualistic-Mystical Significance Spiritual Pulse of Traditional African life.

3. Lady Standing behind the tree Outsider Colonizer Female of Western world Beloved of Poetic Persona Richness of Culture Colonized Culture

4. M en,women and fishes are dancing on the beat of Drum. Connection between Nature and Humans. It shows how powerful Mystic Drum is? Invokes Sun, The Moon, The River ,God and Trees begun to Dance.

5. When Mystic Drum is beaten Men turns into Fishes and Fishes turns into Men; When its stop beating everything becomes normal. H ow the life has became Dry and Mechanical ?

6. Industrialization A frican culture had been destroying slowly- Western people started ruling over Africa The smoke from Lady’s lips suggests Pollution Lady as a Personification of industrialization.