When coming to grip with adversity and oppression in life, people react differently for one reason or another. Some choose confrontation when others adopt less direct strategies. In the field of literature, authors have not departed from this rule of the choice of strategy. Maya Angelou in her poem “Still I Rise” (1978) uses a confrontational attitude whereas Langston Hughes adopts a more reserved but efficient strategy in his poem “Mother to Son” (1922). The speakers of the two poems live in an environment made hostile by the mainstream American society. Relying on the two poems with an Afrocentric stance, this study is contrived to assess the divergent strategies Angelou and Hughes embrace to resist and overcome racism and oppression.
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