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Derek Walcott (1930~ ) “A Far Cry From Africa” Derek Walcott (1930- ) Derek Walcott Major Themes binary oppositions: white and black, colonizer and colonizer, British and West Indian synthesis - a resolution of his hybrid identity 　 Odyssey: voyaging, travel through cultures and space; “Omeros”--Walcotts intention is to bring forth the Homeric quality of Caribbean life “A Far Cry from Africa” The conflict between Walcott’s loyalties to Africa and to Britain The inability to resolve the paradox of his hybrid inheritance. “A Far Cry From Africa” A wind is ruffling the tawny pelt