African Literature Flashcards
“The Cradle of Humankind”
Africa
Praise singers who perform with accompanying music to enhance narratives
Griots
When did oral tradition flourish in multiple cultures across the continent?
15th Century BCE
This narrative was an intense depiction of a slave’s suffering; intended for the British government
The Interesting Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa, the African
Wrote “On Liberty and Slavery” and was a slave
George Moses Horton
This century was the rise of resistance movements, literary works that expressed the Africa’s deisre to be freed from oppression
19th century
Year when the newspapers came to be a vehicle of expression for the audacious African writers
1800s
The term used to refer to Africa because there have been many fossils and tools found there which indicate that early human life originated in the continent
“The Cradle of Humankind”
True or False: Oral literature Documented the exploits of communities’ folk heroes, reminding the members of the community about their traditions, and entertaining the youth while also educating them
True
It is the principle/ advocacy of the political union of all the indigenous inhabitants of Africa during Post-Independence
Pan africanism
Praise singers I’m Africa who perform with accompanying music to enhance narratives
Griots
How do Europeans described the African tradition when they arrived in their continen?
Savage/ uncivilized
What part if African history is the time when Africa are still completely free from the influences of the colonizers
Pre colonial
It is a literary criticism that attempts to show the relationship between literature and the social-mainky economic-conditions under which it was produced
Marxism
Countries that are major players at the Berlin Conference
France, Great Britain, Portugal, Germany
What sought to discuss the partitioning of Africa, establishing the rules to divide resources among the Western countries at the expense of the African people
Berlin Conference
The term used to refer to Africans, which has a perception of oneself that they no longer value their African ancestry and traditions
Pseudo Africans
Who is Equiano’s audience in his narrative to whom it is intended for?
British government
Who has a narrative titled “Chaka” that drew inspiration from local figures to express reactions against colonial expression
Thomas Mafolo
Equiano write his narrative in order to abolish what specific thing?
Atlantic slave trade
An anti-colonial cultural a d political movement that was started by a group of Africans and Carribean students who wanted to recover the worth of the people of color and African literature
Negritude Movement
When did the oral tradition flourished in multiple cultures across the continent of Africa?
15th century
How many countries were involved in the Berlin Conference
14
This was used to convey the horrors of slavery
Poetry
This century was the rise of movements, literary works that expressed the African’s desire to be freed from the oppression came
19th century
Which country did the negritude movement started?
Paris
Who Spearheaded the movement?
Africans and Caribbeans
A transatlantic trading system that forcibly transported millions of Africans from their homelands in West and Central Africa to the Americas between the 16th and 19th century
Atlantic Slave Trade
A type of literary criticism based on the writings of German philosopher Karl Marx
Marxism
True or False: Marx said that for a change to happen, the lower classes should clash with the ruling class in revolution
True
What are the 3Gs?
God, Gold, Glory
Aimed to celebrate and affirm the cultural identity, heritage, and experiences of people of African descent
Negritude Movement
