Analysis of Stanza 1 (Lines 1-13).

This stanza describes the new generation of Africans abandoning their mother tongues and embracing foreign ways. This results in a cultural shift and total assimilation into a new culture, marked by an obsession with foreign culture. It also notes the breaking of familial and friendship ties and the abandonment of African heritage.

This stanza focuses on the loss of family ties. It states that the new generation is careless and not mindful of the traditions of the older generation, choosing to focus on new found foreign ways, which weakens and breaks these bonds.