David diop poem ''Africa'
How does he feel in the first lines of the poem

The first tone, the first expression of the speaker's feeling, is triumphal. A triumphal feeling is a celebratory feeling. The speaker feels triumphal when he reflects on Africa because it is a proud homeland lineage full of images of might and greatness, as his grandmother sings of it.

Explanation:

she swerves to avoid the turtle.

a low four-wheeled open carriage of a kind formerly used in russia.