Africa is an aspect of setting in The Color Purple that is present throughout a majority of the novel through Nettie who is on a missionary trip with Corrine and Samuel. The song “Looking For Angels” by Skillet describes the scene of many poor nations and people struggling with poverty, oppression, hunger, and and fear. In lines 18-22 of the song, the lyrics “So many nations with so many hungry people / so many homeless scrounging around for dirty needles / on the rise, teen suicide, when we will realize / we've been desensitized by the lies of the world/we're oppressed and impressed by the greedy / whose hands squeeze the life out of the needy” describe the reality of of the lives and environment of many individuals who reside in impoverished
