5 1 , ▁No . ▁ 1 , ▁Hom age ▁to ▁Elizabeth ▁Bishop , ▁Our ▁ 1 9 7 6 ▁La ure ate ▁( W inter , ▁ 1 9 7 7 ). ▁ ▁Michael ▁Kelly ▁of ▁University ▁of ▁H ull , ▁North um bers ide ▁critic izes ▁the ▁works ▁in ▁Po ems ▁of ▁Black ▁Africa ▁as ▁being ▁not ▁po etic ▁in ▁the ▁way ▁they ▁treat ▁them es ▁of ▁race , ▁identity , ▁and ▁suffering , ▁calling ▁the ▁po ems ▁“ prop ag and ist ▁and ▁r het or ical .” ▁In ▁contrast ▁to ▁Bar nett ' s ▁review , ▁Kelly ▁notes ▁a ▁lack ▁of ▁quality ▁writing ▁throughout ▁the ▁se lections . ▁He ▁calls ▁the ▁work ▁difficult ▁to ▁understand ▁and ▁says ▁they ▁are ▁full ▁of ▁over writing ▁and ▁lack ▁clar ity , ▁a ▁fault ▁he ▁places ▁on ▁the ▁anth ology ▁and ▁on ▁So y ink a ▁himself . ▁Kelly ▁says ▁genu ine ▁feeling ▁expressed ▁in ▁the ▁poem ▁is ▁not ▁enough ▁to ▁overcome ▁the ▁lack ▁of ▁structure ▁and ▁form . ▁End ing ▁his ▁critique , ▁Kelly ▁states ▁that ▁black ▁po ets ▁would ▁have ▁been ▁better ▁served ▁by ▁an ▁anth ology ▁that ▁focused ▁on ▁quality ▁rather ▁than ▁them es , ▁calling ▁Po ems ▁of ▁Black ▁Africa ▁“ prov oc ative ▁and ▁embar rass ing .” ▁ ▁Po ets ▁in ▁Po ems ▁of ▁Black ▁Africa ▁Ab ang ira ▁- ▁G . ▁Ad ali - M ort ty ▁- ▁Costa ▁And rade ▁- ▁J ared ▁Ang ira ▁- ▁Peter ▁Any ang ' ▁Ny ong ' o ▁-