​Personification – FATHERS OF NATIONS ​​STYLES AND STYLISTIC DEVICES

This entails giving human abilities to non-human. Examples include:

• …dying old Toyota.( Pg 29)
• …you couldn’t tell what happiness was if it fell on your lap and cried out its name. Pg 33′
• …Ms McKenzie meet your office. ( Pg 56)
• Little fellow is used by comrade Melusi to refer to the needle. (Pg 83)
• Sunrise threw the heavens wide open over Banjul. (Pg82)
• He consulted a wall clock, It told him 1:30. (Pg 86)
• Meet silent listener, it was sitting silently at the far end of his office. (Pg 126)
• Mother Africa, it’s only few minutes aftcr sunset, but you’re so dark already! (Pg 168)