key concepts S1

Question 1

post-colonial

Answer 1

occuring or existing after the end of colonial rule; of or relating to a former colony. In later use also: of or relating to the cultural condition of a former colony, esp. regarding its relationship with the former colonial power.

Question 2

post-colonialism

Answer 2

the fact or state of having formerly been a colony; the cultural condition of (a) post-colonial society.

Question 3

Nigeria became an independent country within the Commonwealth

Answer 3

October 1st, 1960

Question 4

Nigeria became a Republic within the Commonwealth

Answer 4

1963

Question 5

colonialism

Answer 5

when “one nation subjugates another nation, often imposing their language”

Question 6

imperialism

Answer 6

an extension by one country of its authority over another territory.

Question 7

Number of waves of colonial expansion

Answer 7

2

Question 8

First wave of colonial expansion

Answer 8

17th and 18th centuries

Question 9

second wave of colonial expansion

Answer 9

19th century

Question 10

1661

Answer 10

first english settlement in Africa : James Island (on the Gambia River)

Question 11

cash-crop

Answer 11

they were forced to cultivate during the time of Bernardin de Saint Pierre : cocoa, coffee, sugar, peanuts, cotton, rubber, tea, palm oil, timber and tabacco.

Question 12

cash-crop colonialism

Answer 12

The imperial power forces the colonized territory to produce for its own benefit, not for the colony itself.

Question 13

The anglo-ashanti wars (date)

Answer 13

1823-1900

Question 14

The Anglo-Ashanti Wars

Answer 14

five conflicts that occured between the Ashanti Empire and the British Empire and which ultimately resulted in the Ashanti Empire being incorporated into the British Gold Coast Colony (now the nation of Ghana)

Question 15

religion

Answer 15

the Bible and Christian missionaries

Question 16

Crowther

Answer 16

1807-1891
He was the first bishop of the Church of England in West Africa. He is from Yorubaland.

Question 17

Kwame Nkrumah

Answer 17

1909-1972
He was an anticolonial fighter, pan-africanist, nationalist, socialist, diplomat, and prime minister and president of Ghana. He was one of the greatest leaders of the twentieth century.

Question 18

Nkrumah moved to London and became co-organizer of the Pan-African Congress of…

Answer 18

1945

Question 19

Independence of Ghana

Answer 19

1957

Question 20

What did Nkrumah formed ?

Answer 20

the largest mass organization in Ghana’s history, the Convention People’s Party

Question 21

Pan-Africanism

Answer 21

a movement seeking unity within Africa. It became a positive force with the London Pan-African conference of 1900.

Question 22

Nkrumah died…

Answer 22

in exile in 1972

Question 23

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

Answer 23

one of the forerunners of African literature. He was born in colonial Kenya during WWII.

Question 24

His first work in the Gikuyu language ?

Answer 24

1977 : a community drama addressed to peasants and workers.

Question 25

His first book was banned by the autorities so…

Answer 25

he spent a year in prison and wrote his first novel in Gikuyu published in 1980.

Question 26

decolonization

Answer 26

the process of removing colonial political and economic control and reversing the legacy of colonial rule.

Question 27

The centre-periphery

Answer 27

spatial metaphor that describes and attempts to explain the structural relationship between the advanced or metropolitan ‘centre’ and a less developed ‘periphery’ either within a particular country or as applied to the relationship between capitalist and developing societies.

Question 28

Commonwealth

Answer 28

A voluntary association consisting of the UK and many of its former colonies or dependencies that have attained full independence and are recognized by international law as separate countries.

Question 29

Who is Selina Tusitala Marsh

Answer 29

a New Zealand Poet

Question 30

Aniceti Kitereza

Answer 30

Tanzanian writer and author of the first novel in Kikerewe. He translated his own work into Swahili in 1981.

Question 31

Tagore

Answer 31

Most eminent modern Bengali poet. He was also critic, essayist and composer.

Question 32

Amanda Gorman

Answer 32

African American poet who performed a poem for Joe Biden’s inauguration.

Question 33

Noonuccal

Answer 33

a poet writing against discriminations and white supremacism

Question 34

Alexis Wright

Answer 34

She is an Australian Aboriginal writer from the Gulf of Carpentaria.