Black History Month: Writers!

What was the title of Michelle Obama's autobiography?

• Blessing

• Believing

• Becoming

• Beginning

Complete the title of Maya Angelou's autobiography: I Know Why the Caged Bird.....

• Sighs

• Sings

• Soars

• Sobs

Wole Soyinka was the first black writer to win the Nobel Prize for literature. In which African country was he born?

• Senegal

• Nigeria

• Ghana

• Ivory Coast

In his poem The British, what writing format does Benjamin Zephaniah use to describe the population of the UK?

• A set of instructions

• A school report

• A menu

• A recipe

Which black British author was the subject and title of a film directed by the Oscar Winning director Steve Macqueen, part of the Small Axe series?

• Alex Wheatle

• Raymond Antrobus

• Lenny Henry

• Linton Kwesi Johnson

'Long Walk to Freedom' is the title of the autobiography of which Nobel Peace Prize winning political leader?

• Barack Obama

• Nelson Mandela

• Martin Luther King

• Frederick Douglas

Which Black British female writer was the first to win the Booker Prize for her novel Girl Woman Other?

• Malorie Blackman

• Zadie Smith

• Bernardine Evaristo

• Jackie Kay

What is the name of the project and non-fiction book by New York Times reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones which seeks to reassess the history of slavery in America?

• The 1492 Project

• The 1619 Project

• The 1792 Project

• The 1865 Project

From which hip hop star does Angie Thomas take inspiration for the title to her book The Hate U Give?

• Snoop Doggy Dogg

• Kendrick Lamarr

• Jay Z

• Tupac Shakur

Chimimanda Ngozi Adichie's Ted Talk 'We Should All Be Feminists" was sampled by which singer?

• Cardi B

• Beyonce

• Rihanna

• Nicki Minage