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Why did their laughter freeze them?
This poem shows how poor the white man treated the natives.

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What do they mean by infant corn?
This poem shows how differently some cultures share stories.

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Why did the king welcome the white men?
This poem is about white men traveling across Africa

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Question: Does the magic dance refer to a tribal/cultural dance?

The poem is talking about how colonists didn't care about the well being of the natives or what they did so they isolated them to keep them away from the colonists.

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Question: What does the "Cathedral of doom" mean or refer to?

I think the message is that people started to destroy what the natives used to call home.

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Question: In the poem it says "For the country was not sure." What is this line referring to?

The poem is generally about the journey across Africa and the welcoming of white men.

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Question: What does the author mean when he says "No tawdry rule of kings, but toil of serf and sweeper"

The poem is talking about how the natives are different than the white men and the white men try to make the natives more like them.

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Question: What does the magic dance that the native preforms supposed to represent?

I think that this poem describes the colonialists as inconsiderate and closed minded.

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Question: What does the cathedral represent?

I think that the primary message was that the colonialists took away hospitality, home, and joy from the natives.

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Question: Why did "they" have to travel across Africa.

The poem describes the natives as battered and tattered, but also high spirited.

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Question: What does the line "the blame of those ye better, the hate of those ye guard."

The poem describes the native people as "half devil and half child". The poem describes how the white man has to take up the mission of making the natives more like them.

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Question: What does ice-block laughter and them freezing mean?

The colonists came and laughed at the things they had/do and their way of life.

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Question: Did the tree or cathedral represent anything? Or was it truly and only about the people building?

I think the message is that the natives lived in a peaceful place with nature and "they" came and started their own thing.

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Question: When they arrived were they expecting a warmer welcome then they got?

This poem is from the view of colonists and it explains what they had to go through and the work they put in to get to the village.

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Question: what is meant by "no tawdry rule of kings, but toil of serf and sweeper"

This poem makes the colonists appear to be demanding, controlling, and taking over the land they stopped on.

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Question: What is a "meek wonder", and what significance does this word choice hold in the poem?
Single Story: I think that this poem shows how incomplete a single story is, and how it fosters ignorance and judgement towards a group of people.

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Question: What does the contradictory statement "Cathedral of doom" mean?
Primary Message: A peaceful, spiritual culture can be destroyed and oppressed by another group who claims they are holy people.

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What makes him so considerate of others if everyone laughs at him?

The actions of Africans are seen as funny and weird.

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What is the significance of the frozen/thawing part, and what does it mean?

White man seen as judgmental or rude. Doesn't understand the beauty in the native's culture. Also doesn't see these people equal to their standards. They are blinded by their own pride.

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What is meant by "shedding incense on the infant corn?"

The message is that the Africans lived with nature, but white men came and replaced their trees with giant buildings.

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What are those lines in the poem that paint a majestic portrait? What is the mood that accompanies those lines?

COLONIALISTS: "They" are "the others" who trample on culture. "They sent surveyors and builders" who transform the land; to "they", the transformation is needed. To the native peoples the "They", those "who cut that tree" whose "boughs stretched across a beaven brightened by the last fires of a tribe." "They" are oblivious to their acts.

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Question: Why did the colonial army expect a warm welcome from Mutesa's people, and why did Mutesa tell them they were welcome when the citizens showed otherwise?
Native Peoples: The natives in this story were very quiet and standoffish. It seemed that the army expected them to be loud, musical even, though they hid and were uncertain about the presence of colonials.

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Did the natives actually listen to the white man?

It explains how the colonialists were sent to change the native culture and referred to the natives as sullen people who were half devil half child.

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Is this about welcoming the white man in there country or living space

"White man you are welcome"

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What force drives Stanley's army, "them", deeper into Africa when those first four stanzas reveal only struggle and harsh environment?

NATIVE PEOPLES: The villagers are contemplative, not aggressive, as they encounter the Westerners. They "peer behind reed fences" and do not "chant a welcome" or use "drums to greet the white ambassador." The tribe hesitates communicates with a "few silent nods" and emits uncertainty. Ultimately the tribe Welcomes Stanley "and the West is let in." I imagine that choice was unavoidable but regrettable.

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When the text says 'brightened' is it saying that the tribes burnt it for some reason?

Colonists are seem as controlling, destroyers, took to blame. Cause hurt and pain, by taking nature for colonization.

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What is "ice-block laughter"

This is about how the americans did not respect the natives

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Is  mutesa a leader in uganda.

What was this march for

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Why is the "laugh" piece in this poem so important?

The colonialists laughed at everything the natives did involving their culture such as singing and dancing.

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What was the reasoning for the king to welcome the white men with open arms?

The message of the poem is that white men came and colonilzed Uganda when they were welcomed warmly.

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Question: What does the author suggest when he says "No tawdry rule of kings, But toil of serf and sweeper -- The tale of common things."
Colonialists: I think that this poem almost victimizes the colonialists, talking about how they are always blamed and hated by others, though they are performing noble acts. The poem also describes how the white man's job is a "thankless" one.

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What did the author mean by "shedding incense on the infant corn"?

This poem describes how the colonialists just took over the natives stuff and put something in place of it.

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What does "why brought he us from bondage, our beloved egyptian night?" mean?
And this single story tells the burden of the white man as he conquers new lands.

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What is meant by the phrase "No tawdry rule of kings, but toil of serf and sweeper" from the poem mean?

The poem describes native people of Africa as half-devil and half-child.

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What do they mean when their laughs froze them.
This poem describes how the white people came and did not respect the native africans culture.

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What was their reasoning for colonizing to this new land? Going through so much trouble to get there...

How does the poem describe the native peoples of Africa? Near the end, the people seemed frightened or nervous by the colonizers' appearance. They welcome the white men into their home in a few short moments after the king allows their stay. "Mtu weupe Karibu"

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What is the infant corn.
This story is about the white people coming and cutting down important things to the africans and replacing them with white things.

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What does "the blame of those ye better" mean is he trying to be sarcastic or is this like you have too go through hard times too get the good ones

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Is our history, as human beings, one of stories just like this? Of conquerers who become oppressors? Is there a judgment to be made?

SINGLE STORY: I just keep wondering how the single story held by imperialists who sought to colonize other lands and transform them in their image, how that single story devastated whole cultures. There is no talk of native peoples other than them as "silent, sullen peoples" and maybe that about "sloth and heathen Folly". Does an established culture/native peoples stand a chance against those who claim to spread their way of life for good ? I'm just sad after this poem as it's one-sided. One perspective. One acting out of a Single Story.

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Is it always warm in that part of Africa because it talks about march being hot. This poem describes the African tribes and the Khaki leader.

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What does the phrase "The savage wars of peace--Fill full the mouths of famine" mean ?

The colonists are described as prideful, hateful, controlling, demanding, etc.

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Who was laughing at him and why were they laughing at him?

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What was the tree shedding on the infant corn?

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What are the savage wars of peace.
The message of this poem is that the white people came to Africa and enslaved the native africans and made them do their work.

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Had this author decided to not use the repetition of the word laughed what would have changed in the poem?
In this poem it says that no matter what those who came to their land would make fun of them and put them down.

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Is this about Deforestation and taking down animals and plants habitats?

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Why did they have to describe the whole journey?

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What did the infant corn represent in this story?
This is about how the white man came and destroyed the community that was there and forcing their own in the wake.

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Question: Was Mutesa considered a good or bad leader and what did he do?

This poem describes the natives as welcoming and one of the natives is referred to as "the tall black king"

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Whats ice block laughing?

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What kind of person was Mutesa?

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Why is it that when the white man lounges and makes others do the work, they get all the rewards for the work.

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Why does it describe in detail the journey that was long and the workers dropping the chests and the bugs attacking them?
This poem is about how the white man came and the natives let them in only to later sign their own doom.

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Why is it when you goal is near it is the end of others sought?

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How was it that the white man was going to feed the mouths of famine,  and bid sickness to cease?
This poem speaks as the white man coming to the Philippines and taking over so that their gain is at the hand of the others.