3rd week

Question 1

African literature is _____
in nature.

Answer 1

oral

Question 2

________is a technique used by African in telling stories.

Answer 2

oral tradition

Question 3

is a Latin word that mean “sunny”

Answer 3

aprica

Question 4

Africa is divided into?

Answer 4

sub regions: North Africa, West Africa, Central Africa, East Africa, and Southern Africa.

Question 5

African folktales have lessons about?

Answer 5

life

Question 6

considered the world’s second largest and second most populated continent.

Answer 6

Africa

Question 7

the Greek aphrike which means _______

Answer 7

“without cold.”

Question 8

t or f

There is no one African language as such; rather, they use multiple different tongues and languages.

Answer 8

t

Question 9

The majority of Africans are adherents of _____

Answer 9

Christianity or Islam.

Question 10

• a body of work in different languages and various genres, ranging from oral literature to literature written in colonial languages (French, Portuguese, and English).
• Oral in nature

Answer 10

AFRICAN LITERATURE

Question 11

• has a strong tradition of oral literature
• includes chants, songs, poems and folktales
• usually accompanied by music or are recited to moralize, to instruct, or to be used as part of a ritual

Answer 11

AFRICAN LITERATURE

Question 12

It is used to introduce an entity to a group of people. This entity could be a god, an animal, nature, town, or even one’s self.

Answer 12

poem (praise song)

purpose

Question 13

It is used to transmit and record ideas or messages.

Answer 13

Purpose

Chant

Question 14

The praise name can be about the place of birth, parents, friends, or deeds and skills of the person being praised. The praise name (or epithet) is given to a person depending on that person’s good or bad traits that he or she has shown in his or her lifetime.

Answer 14

Subject

Poem (Praise Song)

Question 15

It could be any event in one person’s life or one’s tribe like birth of a child, marriage, death, or war with and victory against a neighboring tribe.

Answer 15

Chant

Subject

Question 16

The call and response technique is used. In this technique, the main singer or chanter sings the line and then the audience responds with another line praising the subject of the poem.

Answer 16

Technique

Poem (Praise Song)

Question 17

The call and response technique is used.
The tone of chanting is high to impress the audience.

Answer 17

Technique

Chant

Question 18

Each line is another praise name for the person.
There are no connector words between lines.
There is repetition of a line or a word.

Answer 18

Structure

Poem

Question 19

There is a repetition of a line or a word.

Answer 19

Structure

Chant

Question 20

AFRICAN FOLKTALES?

Answer 20

1. characters are humans or animals
2. Stock characters
3. Great humor and irony
4. trickster tale
5. hero or heroine who needs to go on a quest.
6. three-situation challenge needs to overcome three problems.
7. explain occurrences in nature and the reasons for life and the world are like what it is.
8. lessons about life.