1.Explain the comparison Hughes makes between African heritage and rivers in "The ***** Speaks of Rivers."...?

the poem discussed the chronological progression of the africans who eventually ended up as slaves and were later freed. by discussing the various rivers that a connected generation of african and eventually african-american would have seen. the euphrates, congo and nile discuss the pre-slavery period. the mississippi centers on the the slavery and immediate post slavery period. the soul of the ***** then is compared to the timelessness of those rivers.