The poet in “Black Woman” evokes all the known aspects of what it means to be a woman in Africa. She is

• A mother and she cares
• Lover
• Epitome of beauty
• And a sexual object.

Thus, while most of these aspects of womanhood are very positive, there are others that make the woman subservient to the domineering male persona (a “conqueror” of women) in African culture.