I think the author used the Heart of Darkness reference at the beginning because HOD is heavily and in my opinion primarily highlights the struggle and oppression they had to go through when the Europeans were in their land.
In the first stanza, Eliot writes "Our dried voices, when we whisper together are quiet and meaningless as wind in dry grass or rats' feet over broken glass in our dry cellar" When I read this, it reminded me of the struggle that the Africans faced in HOD.
I would love to see you expand on these ideas more fully.
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