Butterfly vultures flying by chinua achebe biography
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Chinua Achebe:
Chinua Achebe (1930-2013) was a Nigerian novelist, poet and critic who represented his culture and became a dominant figure of modern African literature.
Butterfly vultures flying by chinua achebe biography
Chinua Achebe’s poem largely deals with his own culture. He was a highly educated man who expressed his people’s life. Among the many themes his works cover are culture and colonialism, masculinity and femininity, politics, and history.
His legacy is celebrated annually at the Chinua Achebe Literary Festival.
Critical analysis of Vultures:
ØBackground of the poem:
The title “Vultures” suggests that the poem is about a bird vulture, the first section of the poem contains the description of vultures with their characteristics and living habits, but when it comes to the second and third sections we come to know that the poem is not only about a bird but the bird is just a meta