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Explain the imagery in lines 16-20 of the poem stolen rivers, and comment on its significance

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You restored all the treasure-houses
from Benin to Zimbabwe, Mapungubwe to Cairo;
Africa moved its golden bones,
shook off its heavy chains
and danced again.

This shows the imagery of a slave who is in chains, taking the chains off and still being happy considering the circumstances.

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