What is Africa to me:
Copper sun or scarlet sea,
Jungle star or jungle track,
Strong bronzed men, or regal black
“Heritage” was in the center of the Harlem Renaissance and the birth of the Back to Africa Movement. The whole poem is about the power and the longing for his home (Africa). There is a sense of responsibility to get acquainted with his ancestry. There is power with embracing his heritage but it is threaten to his life because of the adopted society that he lives in or have come accustom to.