'A Far Cry from Africa' by Derek Walcott. This is an African literature piece of literature that definitely carries the flavour of Africa. In fact, African literature is more post-normal as compared to any other literature with this theme. The title is "A Far Cry From Africa" , it's a cry that is not close, that is not near, it is far away. It's powerful as well, in another sense, because it's coming from Africa. That means oppression is there and because of that oppression, the cry is coming up. The cry can also be taken in two senses. One may be a cry of pain, another may be a cry of protest. In both ways, the point can be seen to be A Far Cry From Africa. Derek Walcott is a very famous post-colonial writer and is known not only as a teacher but also as a playwright. Dream and Monkey Mountain is one of the plays written by him, and in that drama as well, he portrays similar skills as he shows in his poems. This is why he is a post-non-writer. He is a ...