Troscadh Taoisigh

Publication Instance Details #2008

Publication Overview

Translation	Is Multilingual	Explicit Irish Context?	Ekphrasis	Has Paratext?	Reference to News, Media or Technology
No	No	Yes	No	No	No

Details

Human Rights Issues	HR Activism/Humanitarian Work Death Penalty/Unlawful Detention/Incarceration Poverty/Deprivation/Lack of Sustenance
Irish Context	Political Independence (Ireland) Other
Languages	Irish
Genre	Short Lyric
Medium	Print Collection
Notes	The speaker of this poem lists activists and prisoners who have gone on hunger strike in the past for just reasons, and to draw attention to issues of oppression and ill-treatment: Nelson Mandela, Andrei Sakharov, Aleksander Solzhenistyn, and Terence MacSwiney. The poems also tells a story of a tribal chief who went on strike in order to draw attention to the suffering and hunger of his people, due to governmental neglect in Zambia. The speaker views his efforts to save his people as particularly honourable and commendable.