African Literature

What are the defining characteristics of African literature and books?

• Both written and oral forms

• Only oral form

• Only visual form

• Only written form

During which period did the African writers start to write in European languages such as English, Portuguese, and French?

• During African liberation

• Post-colonial period

• During colonialism

• Pre-colonial period

What is the main theme explored by African authors in post-colonial African Literature?

• The superiority of foreign languages

• The greatness of European colonization

• The promotion of slavery

• The relationship between modernity and tradition

Which movement raised awareness of 'Black consciousness' and protested against French colonization?

• Négritude

• Segregation

• Colonialism

• Imperialism

Who was the first to use the word 'Négritude' in his poem 'Cahier d’un retour au pays natal'?

• Ottobah Cugoano

• Sédar Senghor

• Léon Damas

• Aimé Césaire

Which author wrote the book 'Arrow of God' in 1964?

• Chinua Achebe

• Ngugi wa Thiong'o

• Jennifer Nansugba Makumbi

• Lesley Nneka Arimah

What is the special ingredient used to fabricate a child in the story 'Who will greet you at home' by Lesley Nneka Arimah?

• Air

• Words from an elderly woman

• Sand

• Water

Which author wrote the book 'Tales of tenderness and power' in 1991?

• Bessie Head

• Neema Komba

• Ama Ata Aidoo

• Wame Molefhe

What was one of the first 'slave narratives' of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries?

• Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass

• Incidents in the life of a slave girl

• Up from slavery

• The interesting life of Olaudah Equiano

Which book explores the socio-political struggles faced by Black people in the south of America and Harlem?

• Invisible man

• The Color Purple

• Beloved

• If we must die