“Nothing has changed” by Tatamkhulu Afrika is a poem that protests against white authority over mistreated people, minorities, the weakest members of society and above all on the black race. In this poem, Afrika uses visual imagery, repetition, irony, and alliteration to disapprove of apartheid that defeated white South African thinking. He also adds that racial discrimination is still ongoing. Firstly, Afrika portrays the theme of injustice through the use of visual imagery. The poet invites the reader to put himself in the shoes of his childhood and observe what happens during apartheid. Although Afrika is recalling a past experience, through writing in the present tense she invites the reader to relive her experience. Afrika uses the phrase “small, round, hard stones that click” to give readers a vivid image of an uncomfortable environment with small stones that rub and hurt the feet. Although Afrika tries to create a vivid image of an uncomfortable environment in the verse, he describes the weeds growing in this unfamiliar environment as "lovable" to indicate that he is familiar with the environment and is able to deal with the discomfort that the environment entails. This strong visual imagery gives me an image of a rural area that she remembers fondly. After inviting the reader, Afrika is able to progressively intensify her anger towards the environment described in the first stanza through the use of repetition and alliteration . His repeated word, "and", emphasizes his anger towards the environment in the sense that, he cannot find the right words to describe the environment as he sees it. Not only does he repeat the word "and", but he also increases the length of the lines especially in the second verse with...... middle of the paper.... ..ortrays is the traffic light that bridges the gap between social classes. The traffic light then becomes a central point of the poem that holds the two street cleaners and the two beautiful people together at the same time, all with the same possibilities. Although they lead completely different lives, the traffic light is used to temporarily bridge the gap. Within a few seconds, however, the light will turn green and equality will be lost; the gap will once again be bigger and everyone will go their own way and segregation will continue. Although Ferlinghetti's "Two Scavengers in a Truck, Two beautiful People in a Mercedes" deals with social injustice such as alleged racial injustice found in Afrika's "Nothing's Changed", both poets agree that there is some form of injustice and that the separation between certain groups of people is very much alive.