Chapter 14
Theme and Style in Lenrie Peter’s Poetry
Born in 1932 in Bathurst in the Gambia , Lenrie Peters was educated at Cambridge University Africa ’s socio-political values, and the negative effect of Western colonialism on the indigenous African culture. Unfortunately, however, neither these themes nor the style with which he articulates them, have been given serious critical attention. This essay provides the missing perspective not only to expand the frontiers of his criticism, but to draw attention to the series of Africa ’s socio-cultural problems which need to be urgently addressed.