Amandla Embongi

The poet is an eloquent speaker. The poet uses a figurative language, poetic language and literary techniques. For example, you find a king called a bull, calf, heifer, buffalo, beast, lion etc. The poet is a brave man, wherein in the ancient times he was a man who did not look aside when the king went astray but rebuked him. Likewise, when a king did well, the poet praised and praised everything that had happened. Kings loved poets because of their courage. Hence the author of this book titled his book �Amandla Embongi�, which is translated as �the power of the poet�. The poems found in this book are modern poems which speak to the present time. The poet uses a poetic language to rebuke the society.