African Lit

Question 1

The cradle of Humankind
captivating oral tradition and body of written literature shaped by colonial and postcolonial experiences.

Answer 1

Africa

Question 2

has several linguistic flavors ranging from local languages to tongues brought by the colonizers, such as English, Portuguese, and French

Answer 2

African Literature

Question 3

The _______________ served the purposes of documenting the exploits of communities’ folk heroes, reminding the members of the community about their traditions, and entertaining the youth while also educating them.

Answer 3

oral literature of Africa

Question 4

praise singers performed accompanying music.

Answer 4

griots

Question 5

Oral tradition ___________in multiple cultures across the continent from ancient times, and well into the __ century CE

Answer 5

Flourished
15th

Question 6

The interaction of _____________ with trade and cultural partners from Europe and Asia was a ___________ to this literary growth.

Answer 6

African Empires
key contributor

Question 7

In the 1400s, the emergence of the slave trade shaped the collective ___________ indelibly.

This was compounded in the _____ Century by European countries competing for the acquisition of colonies in Africa (In order to gain political and economic edge.)

Answer 7

African psyche

19th

Question 8

The _______________ impact of colonization strongly manifested in the literature of the time- and, indeed, of the centuries followed.

Answer 8

psychological and social

Question 9

this narrative was an intense depiction of a slave’s suffering.

Answer 9

The interesting Narrative of the life and Adventures of Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa, the African

Question 10

was also used to convey the horrors of slavery

Answer 10

Poetry

Question 11

a strong piece by George Moses Horton, a man of African heritage who was born into slavery and died in 1883

Answer 11

On Liberty and Slavery

Question 12

with the rise of _____________ in _____ century came literary works that expressed the African’s desire to be ___ from Oppression.

Answer 12

resistance movements, 19th, freed

Question 13

In the early 1800’s, ___________ came to be a vehicle of expression for the voices of audacious African writers.

________ continued to be an effective genre for this purpose as well. This was made clear when the negritude movement came to prominence in the 1930’s. With French-speaking poets

Answer 13

newspapers

Poetry

Question 14

several narratives like ____________ drew inspiration from local figures to express reactions against colonial repression.

Answer 14

Thomas Mofolo’s Chaka

Question 15

After the conclusion of Word War 2, the cry for ___________ reached a crescendo.

Answer 15

independence

Question 16

Though many African writers during this time wrote in _____________, they nevertheless embodied the spirit of nationalism

Answer 16

European languages

Question 17

SNAPSHOTS
African writers have since _________ new challenges that have emerged in their respective societies

Answer 17

chronicled

Question 18

New, sovereign __________ have been installed, but their own problems caused _________ to react.

Answer 18

governments, writers

Question 19

was Imprisoned for a play considered to have subversive messages against the Kenyan administration of the Time.

Answer 19

Ngugi wa Thiong’o

Question 20

_________ in a society, a longstanding theme in African writers in postcolonial times, was reflected in V.Y Mudimbe’s Before the Birth of the Moon

Answer 20

Corruption