Poem

Flight to Africa

Title	Flight to Africa
Author	Austin Clarke

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology	Year of Publication	Medium	View Details
The Collected Poems of Austin Clarke	1974	Print Collection	View Details

Publication Instance Details #2939

Collection/Anthology Details

Collection/Anthology	The Collected Poems of Austin Clarke
Date of Publication	1974
Publisher	Dolmen Press (Ireland)
Page Number(s)	252-254

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 & Colonisation/Colonial Legacies War Racism/anti-Semitism/Sectarianism
War / Genocide Referenced	War: Korean War War: Kenya Emergency
Irish Context	HR-related International Involvement (Ireland)
Languages	English
Genre	Long (narrative) Poem
Medium	Print Collection
Notes	This poem considers Irish involvement in Christian missions to Africa and Asia. Reference is made to Nigerian independence from British colonial rule (1960). The reference to 'Irish bodies in South Korea and Kenya' may refer to Irish casualties of the Korean War (1950-1953) and the Mau Mau Uprising in Kenya (1952-1960).

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