Module 3 Flashcards
During the late ____ Europeans and Arabs took slaves from parts of Africa and shipped them overseas to use in the slave trade.
fifteenth century
Over the _________ century the European colonization of Africa rapidly developed until after the Second World War, where Europe was weakened and decolonization began to take place.
nineteenth and early twentieth
The number of languages currently estimated and catalogued in Nigeria is __. This number includes ___ living languages, ___ second languages without native speakers and ___ extinct languages.
521, 510, 2, 9
The constitution guarantees religious freedom. ____ predominantly live in the south of the country, whereas ____ live predominantly in the north. ___ in which people believe in deities, spirits and ancestor worship, are spread throughout the country.
Christians, Muslims, and Native religions
Along with South Africa, ____ is considered a super-power in the African continent and consequently they are generally proud of their country. It has the largest population in Africa and the land is endowed with vast quantities of natural resources.
Nigeria
Author of Once Upon A Time
Gabriel Okara
Author of When Black Men’s Teeth
Speak Out
Yambo Ouologuem
He is the China’s most famous leader, philosopher and political theorist
Confucius
He was born on the ____ of the reign of Duke Hsiang of Lu (551 B.C.). He is known as the first teacher in China who wanted to make education available to all men.
22nd year
The ______ consists of alternate lines of five and seven syllables
tanaga
The most common form of Japanese poetry consists of ______ syllables arranged in _____
- 5, 1-3 = 5 syllables, 2-4-5 = 7 syllables
Modern version of tanaga
Haiku
Who is the author of In a Grove and when was it written
Ryunosuke Akutagawa in 1922
Japanese literature is comparatively modern, since it dates only from what century
the eighth century.
Asian literature greatly talks about
race, injustice, power,
nationalism, struggles,
love—and
