Question

What is the significance of the word 'brunette' in A Telephone Conversation?

• A. Brunette means a dark-skinned woman or a woman with dark or brown hair
• B. A blonde-haired woman
• C. A woman of Asian descent
• D. A pale-skinned woman with freckles

Answer 1

Answer:

A. Brunette means a dark-skinned woman or a woman with dark or brown hair

• The poet (Wole Soyinka in Telephone conversation) uses this word in the special context of the poem to reveal his racial identify and thereby attack the practice of apartheid.

• The title of the poem reveals that two individuals having a discussion on the phone and how the black man on the receiving end is been racially discriminated.