African Short Stories Review – Flashcards
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"The Deep River: A Story of Ancient Tribal Migration" characters (2)
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1) Sebembele 2) Rankwana (Bessie Head's Collector of Treasures)
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"Heaven is not Closed" characters (2)
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1) Galethebege 2) Ralokae (BH-COT)
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"The Village Saint" characters (4)
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1) Mma-Mompati 2) Rra-Mompati 3) Mompati (my little traveling companion) 3) Mary Pule (BH-COT)
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"Jacob: The Story of a Faith-Healing Priest" characters (3)
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1) Prophet Jacob 2) Prophet Labojeng 3) Johannah 4) first wife (BH-COT)
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"Life" characters (2)
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1) Life 2) Lesego (BH-COT)
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"Looking for a Rain God" characters (3)
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1) Mokgobjo 2) Neo and Besoyong (BH-COT)
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"Kgotla" characters (4)
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1) Gobosamang 2) Galeboe 3) Tsiesto 4) Rose (BH-COT)
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"The Wind and a Boy" characters (2)
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1) Friedman 2) Sejosenye (BH-COT)
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"Snapshots of a Wedding" characters (3)
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1) Neo 2) Kegoletile 3) Mathata (BH-COT)
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"The Special One" characters (3)
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1) narrator 2) Mrs. Maleoboge 3) Gaenametse (BH-COT)
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"The Collector of Treasures" characters (4)
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1) Dikeldi 2) Paul Thebolo 3) Garesego 4) Kenalepe (BH-COT)
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"Hunting" characters (2)
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1) Tholo 2) Thato (BH-COT)
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"The Madman" characters (4)
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1) Nwibe 2) Mad Man 3) Mgboyo and Udenkwo (Chinua Achebe's Girls at War)
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"The Voter" characters (3)
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1) Rufus Okeke 2) Marcus 3) Maduka (CA-GAW)
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"Marriage is a Private Affair" characters (3)
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1) Nene 2) Naemeka 3) Okeke (CA-GAW)
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"Akueke" characters (8)
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1) Akeuke-Matefi 2) grandfather 3) 6 brothers (CA-GAW)
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"Chike's School Days" characters (4)
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1) Sarah 2) Amos 3) Chike (John, Obiajulu) 4) teacher (CA-GAW)
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"The Sacrificial Egg" characters (2)
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1) Julius Obi 2) Janet (CA-GAW)
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"Vengeful Creditor" characters (12)
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1) Mrs. and Mr. Emenike and their 3 girls and 1 boy 2) Veronica and Martha and baby Mary 3) Minister of Finance 4) Minister of Education 5) John from the supermarket (CA-GAW)
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"Dead Men's Path" characters (4)
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1) Michael Obi 2) Wife Nancy 3) Village Priest 4) woman that dies (CA-GAW)
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"Uncle Ben's Cabin" characters (6)
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1) Jolly Ben Margaret 3) Narrator's father 4) Matthew Obi 5) Mami Wota (The Lady of the River Niger) 6) Dr. J-M Staurt Young (CA-GAW)
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"Civil Peace" characters (~7)
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1) Jonathan Iwegbu 2) Maria 3) 3 out of 4 kids (youngest died) 4) thieves (CA-GAW)
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"Sugar Baby" characters (6)
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1) Narrator (Mike) 2) Cletus 3) girlfriend-Mercy 4) Umera 5) Umera's friend (Sam) 6) Father Doherty (CA-GAW)
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"Girls at War" characters (6)
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1) Reginald Nwankwo (Ministry of Justice) 2) Gladys (Civil Defense----Fuel Directorate) 3) Augusta 4) Charley and drunk friend and Captain Joe (CA-GAW)
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"An Ex-Mas Feast" characters (11)
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1) Narrator: Jigana 2) Maisha 3) Mama 4) Baba 5) Naeme 6) Otieno and Atieno 7) Baby (Uwem Akpan's Say You're One of Them) 8) Dog-Simba 9) Friends-Bwana Marcus Wako and wife Cecilia (CA GAW)
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"What Language is That?" characters (6)
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1) Narrator ("you") 2) Selam 3) Mommy and Daddy 4) Emaye Selam parents (UA-SYOOT)
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"My Parents' Bedroom" characters (8)
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1) Narrator: Monique-Shenge "My little one" 2) Jean 3) Maman (Tutsi) 4) Papa (Hutu-Government Ministry Worker) 5) The Wizard (papa's father's brother) 6) Tonton André (papa's brother-Hutu) and Tantine Annette (pregnant-Tutsi) 7) Helene (UA-SYOOT)
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"Fattening for Gabon" characters (16)
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1) Narrator-Kotchikpa-Pascal (10) 2) Little sister, Yewa-Mary (5) 3) Biological mama, papa, grandpapa, grandmama, and 3 older siblings 4) godparents 5) Fofo Kpee (uncle) 6) Big Guy 7) Monsieur Abraham 8) Godsiblings-Antoinette and Paul (UA-SYOOT)
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"An Ex-Mas Feast" setting
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Kenya (UA SYOOT)
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"Fattening for Gabon" setting
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Nigeria (UA SYOOT)
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"What Language is That" setting
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Ethiopia (UA SYOOT)
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"My Parents' Bedroom" setting
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Rwanda (UA SYOOT)
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"Luxurious Hearses" setting
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Khamfi (Jubril's city), Lupa, Nigeria (Luxurious bus going from North to South) (UA SYOOT)
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"Luxurious Hearses" characters (14)
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1) Jubril (16 yrs)-Gabriel 2) Bartholemew (father) 3) Aisha (mother) 4) Chief Okpoko Ukonge 5 and 6) Ijeoma and Tega (university girls) 7) Jusuf-Joseph (older brother) 8 and 9) Lukman and Musa 10) Monica (pregnant with infant) 11) Colonel Usehfok (with dog-Nduese) 12) Mall Abdullabi 13) Madam Aniema 14) Sick man (malaria) (UA SYOOT)
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"Cell One" characters (7)
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1) Osita (popular theif, 19) 2) Brother Nnamabia (17) 3) Narrator (girl) 4) Father (professor) and mother 5) the old man 6) chief (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's The Thing Around Your Neck)
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"Imitation" characters (7)
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1) Nkem 2) Obiora (husband) 3) curly-haired girlfriend 4) Ijemamaka ("friend") 5) Children-Adanna and Okey (younger) 6) Amaechi (housekeeper) (CNA TTAYN)
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"A Private Experience" characters (5)
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1) Chika (studying medicine, igbo, christian) 2) "The woman" (muslim, hausa, northerner, 5 children, trader) 3) sister Nnedi (studying political science) 4) Halima (oldest daugher) 5) aunty (director at the secretariat) (CNA TTAYN)
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"Ghosts" characters (5)
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1) Ikenne Okoro (dead man) 2) Ebere-wife 3) Nkiru and Zik-daughters, Zik is dead Nkiru is doctor 4) Nattator-James, retired matehmatics professor (71) (CNA TTAYN)
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"Cell One" setting
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Nigeria, Nsukke Campus, Enugu police station (CNA TTAYN)
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"Imitation" setting
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Nigeria-Lagos and American-Philadelphia (CNA TTAYN)
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"A Private Experience" setting
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school at University of Lagos, Aunt lives in Kano (CNA TTAYN)
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"Ghosts" setting
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Nsukka, Ikenna went to Sweden during evacuation (CNA TTAYN)
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Story 1
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Bessie Head's The Collector of Treasures
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Story 2
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Chinua Achebe's Girls at War
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Story 3
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Uwem Akpan's Say You're One of Them
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Story 4
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's The Thing Around Your Neck
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Bessie Head place of birth
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South Africa-Botwanana refugee and after famous received her citizenship. Father was black mother was white (mom sent to asylum and dad disappeared-he was the house help) she was born a crime
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Chinua Achebe's place of birth
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Nigeria, Igbo people-Biafra war-Igbo people wanted independene from nigeria following independence
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Uwem Akpan's place of birth
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Nigeria Jesuit priest, Annang people
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's place of birth
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Nigeria but grew up in Nsukka (University of Nigeria) Igbo
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"On Monday of Last Week" characters (5)
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1) Kamara 2) Tracy 3) Josh 4) Neil 5) Tobechi (CNA TTAYN)
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"Jumping Monkey Hill" characters (4 groups)
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1) Ujunwa 2) Edward Campell and wife Isabel 3) white south african woman (durban), black man from johannesburg, tanzanian man from Arusha, ugandan man from entebbe, the zimbabwean woman from bulawayo, the kenyan man from nairobi, the senegalese woman (22) studying in paris 4) Fictional characters: Chioma, yellow woman, mother, father, Yinka, the alhaji (CNA TTAYN)
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"The Thing Around Your Neck" characters (4 groups)
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1) Akunna (22) 2) father, mother and 3 siblings 3) uncle, wife and 2 children 4) the senior (CNA TTAYN)
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"The American Embassy" characters (4 groups)
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1) Narrator 2) husband 3) Ugonna (4) 4) man in line and american visa interviewer (CNA TTAYN)
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"On Monday of Last Week" setting
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US-Philadelphia, home in Enugu (she and husband went to University of Nsukka) (CNA TTAYN)
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"Jumping Monkey Hill" setting
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home is Nigeria-Lagos. Workshop (African Writers Workshop-Jumping Monkey Hill Resort in Cape Town, South Africa) (CNA TTAYN)
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"The Thing Around Your Neck" setting
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begins in Lagos, Nigeria then Maine then Connecticut (CNA TTAYN)
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"The American Embassy" setting
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American Embassy-Lagos, Nigeria (CNA TTAYN)
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Africa has ____ continents
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55, South Sudan (2011) and Western Sahara still in dispute
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Classify humans by (2)
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physical and language
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societies in colonial Africa
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empires, kingdoms, city-states
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This person wanted to explore for scientific, political power, spread Christianity and trade routes (gold coast, ivory-tusks)
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Prince Henry of Portugal
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Plantation system developed by
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Spanish
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Said it is not Christian to destroy Native Americans-they have souls even if not white or Christian
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Bartolome de las Casas
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This defined status of slaves in French colonies
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Le Code Noir (King Lous XIV)
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This had two parts-atlantic and indian ocean lsave trade
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African diaspora
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methods of obtaining slaves
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1) prisoners of war 2) criminals 3) raiding 4) kidnapping
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This was attended by 12 European parties-US (back to Africa movement post Civil War) Africa was partitioned into portions (date)
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Berlin Conference-Otto Von Bismark (chancellor of Germany) at request of Leopold II (King of Belgium) (1884-1885)
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this person gave advice of African colonization-"civilization mission"-Christianity, education
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Explorer Henry Morton Stanley
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After WWI and WWII, UN was founded and this was adopted (date)
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Declaration of Human Rights (1945)
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This said that black are like children and whites need to guide them
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Constitution of League of Nations
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This was when black leaders from US, Caribbean and Africa confront international community about contradictions of post WWII realities
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The Paris Conference
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Independence for Africa-who had it first and who had it last (date for first)
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Libya (1951) and Nmabia (1990)
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During this period there was violence and corruption and many left for Europe, America and Asia
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The Cold War
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4 ways of Africa as the New Frontier (post 2001)
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1) terrorism 2) African immigration not wanted 3) natural resources and green energy 4) competition with China for economic resources and political influence
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Traditional African religion saw God as
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The Great Spirit-many difference names
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Junior spirits (ancestral, native) and the 3 worlds
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1) The world of the unborn 2) the world of the living 3) the world of the dead
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6 key points for African religion
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1) everyone is spirit 2) all spirits inhabit space (no heaven or hell) 3) everyone is spiritual and everything is-no need to convert people 4) no God v. Devil 5) Word religion does not even exist 6) no sacred scripture-all is sacred (legends, nature)
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imported religions
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Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism
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Language is power and can lead to stereotyping (ex. black-black mailing, black magic, black market)
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can lead superior vs. inferior (European v. African, white v. black, rich v. poor, civilized v. uncivilized), continue prejudice,
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Literature shows 2 things
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1) human condition-similarities and differences-shows characters you wouldn't normally associate with 2) Imagination-brings awareness of oneness with fellow humans
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Identity asks question
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Who am I? Who are you? Who is he/she/they? Who are we?
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This is who you associate with often makes people think that you are like them
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Halo Effect
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Antoine de Saint Exupery
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Showed finding in Turkish clothing, later went back in European clothing-not accepted first time but accepted the second time
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"The Shivering" characters (5 groups)
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1) Ukamaka 2) Udenna 3) Chinedu 4) Father Patrick 5) Adidemi and Kemi (CNA TTAYN)
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"The Arranger of Marriages" characters (4 groups)
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1) Chinaza Okafur-Agatha Bell 2) Ofodile Udenwa-Dave Bell 3) Uncle Ike and Aunty Ada 4) Nia (CNA TTAYN)
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"Tomorrow is Too Far" characters (5 groups)
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1) Narrator 2) divorced parents 3) grandmama 4) Nonso 5) Dozie (CNA TTAYN)
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"The Headstrong Historian" (8)
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1) Nwamgba 2) Obierika 3) Ayaju 4) Anikwenwa-Michael 5) Mbeke-Agnes 6) Afamefuna-Grace 7) Nnambi-Peter 8) Father Lutz (CNA TTAYN)
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"The Shivering" setting
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Nigeria, Lagos (birth), Princeton (CNA TTAYN)
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"The Arranger of Marriages" setting
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Lagos to Brooklyn, NY (CNA TTAYN)
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"Tomorrow is Too Far" setting
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Nigeria--New York, Father in Zanzibar, mom in commune in California, Nonso funeral in VA (CNA TTAYN)
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"The Headstrong Historian" setting
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Onicha, Agueke clan
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Slavery first abolished in (date)
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Haiti (1804)
