African Literature Quiz – Episode 1 Here you go! Twenty questions on African Literature. Let’s see how much you know. February 7, 2023 Are you ready to test your knowledge of African literature? Let's join the party! How Much Do You Know About African Literature? 1. Wole Soyinka wrote the first full-length play produced on Nigeria television, “My Father’s Burden" in what year? 1960 1963 1956 1999 2. One of these African writers is a controversial writer? Alice Walker Birago Diop Phillyis Whitely Sefi Atta 3. Wole Soyinka and JP Clark wrote a poem which both have the same name, one’s diction is rigid and the other is easy going, what is the name of the poem? The Dining Table Ambush Abiku Vanity 4. Who is the author of “The Man Who Was Almost a Man?” Wole Soyinka Richard Wright Samuel Selvon Alex Walker 5. All of the following are African writers except Oliver Goldsmith Richard Wright Amma Darko Charles Chestnutt 6. In “The Dining Table” the poet wrote: "Dinner tonight comes with gun wounds." He compares the Sierra Leonean war to dinner and gun wounds as the meal, who is the poet? Mark Twain William Shakespeare Richard Wright Gbanabam Hallowell 7. The poem “Ambush” by Gbemisola Adeoti talks about? Death Corruption Fear Destruction 8. Which of the following authors has not won a Nobel Prize for literature? Nadine Gordimer Ngugi wa Thiong'o J. M. Coetzee Wole Soyinka 9. Which author helped Nelson Mandela edit his famous speech "I am Prepared to Die” during Mandela's trial for treason? Dennis Brutus Nadine Gordimer Athol Fugard Alan Paton 10. Which acclaimed poet became the first president of Senegal? Aristophan Okigbo Chris Abani Leopold Sedau Senghor Jack Mapanje 11. Who's the only African author to have won the Man Booker Prize twice? Chinua Achebe J. M. Coetzee Nadine Gordimer Wole Soyinka 12. Which novel about racial discrimination was made into a movie starring James Earl Jones and Richard Harris? Too late the Phalarope Kaffir Boy Cry, the beloved country Zulu 13. Who is the author of the “True Confessions of an Albino Terrorist?” Breyten Breytenbach Dennis Brutus Athal Fugard Nadine Gordimer 14. What is the title of Nelson Mandela's autobiography? Africa the time has come Long Walk to Freedom No future without forgiveness Soft vengeance of a freedom fighter 15. Which Nigerian author features on Beyonce’s track “Flawless?” Helen Oljemi Moo Saro-blika Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Buchi Emecheta 16. The North African authors all write about gender, sexuality and faith. But who landed in Prison for her writing? Nawal El Saadawi Shereen El feki Leila Aboulela Nassira Belloula 17. What is the title of Michela Wrong’s book about Kenyan whistleblower John Githongo? It's our turn to cheat It's your turn for defeat It's our turn to eat It’s your turn in the heat 18. The first African superhero appeared in a major American Comic book in the 1960s who was it? Shango Storm Black Panther Waku Prince of the Bantu 19. Chinua Achebe, celebrated author of Things Fall Apart, was a Professor at which American Ivy League university? Brown University Harvard University Yale University Columbia University 20. Which country is the setting for Alexander McCall Smith's the No. 1 Ladies detective agency (starring Jill Scott in the TV adaptation)? Namibia South Africa Botswana Lesotho Time is Up! Time's up Comments comments