A Reading in the Poetry of the Afro-German May Ayim

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Dual Inheritance Theory (DIT) asserts that both genetic and environmental factors have a formative impact on the physical as well as psychological upbringing of people.Audre Lorde, a famous Afro-American poet and a model (according to DIT) has influenced Afro-German women writers.For the forging of a collective Black German consciousness of identity, Audre Lorde's connections with Black Germans were pivotal and marked the beginning of a cross-cultural movement that was seminal for the building of various organizations like the Initiative of Black Germans (ISD), ADEFRA(Afro-German Women) and Home story Deutschland. Afro-Germans,and Afro-Americans,share much in common,are part and parcel of the environment they have been raised in; therefore, according to genetic-cultural coevolution, subsequent generations are fully developed Homo sapiens whose biological and cultural genes are every inch (Afro-)Germans (and (Afro-)Americans. Moreover,a model,Audre Lorde in this case,who shares genetic roots with others, such as May Opitz,alias May Ayim,and who lives somewhere else can transfer some of his/her environmental practices such as protest against racism and give voice to the marginalized.

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Dr. Yasser Aman,associate professor of EnglishLiterature,Eng.Dept. Chair, Faculty of Al Alsun, Minia University, isauthor of many papers and five books published by LAP: The Evolution of Jazz and Blues ; Modern Arabic Studies; Body Representation and GenderReformulation; Langston Hughes & Countee Cullen and Essays on Modern Poetry & Criticism.

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