He feels strong love for and devotion to his country. what part of speech is love?

noun

A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea. In this sentence love is a noun. One reason why it is a noun is because it is described by the word strong. Strong is an adjective and adjectives only describe nouns. The verb in this sentence is feels. An interjection is a quick remark. This is not an interjection. A conjunction joins the parts of a sentence together. Love is not connecting any thing.

the african society basically suffered the consequences of colonization and apartheid directly attacking the black people, first, during the colonialism and its main idea which which "white people" had better rights, affecting   them principally in the right to establish black people in their territories, access to quality education and health services and took away any civil right even to the black people to feel they have the same opportunities as the settlers.