Question 1
Who wrote the novel Things Fall Apart?
- Chinua Achebe
- Ben Okri
- Amos Tutuola
- Wole Soyinka
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Chinua Achebe
Literature · General Literature
African Literature trivia quiz
African Literature trivia, played live: seven rounds, ten seconds a question. QuizDown has over 120 African Literature questions, from easy to expert, and you’re matched with a real player who gets the same seven.
What the African Literature questions cover
- Zimbabwean Fiction
- Nigerian Fiction
- Ghanaian Fiction
- Kenyan Fiction
- Egyptian Fiction
- Ethiopian Fiction
- Magical Realism
- Senegalese Fiction
- South African Fiction
- Sudanese Fiction
- Ugandan Fiction
- Zambian Fiction
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Question 2
Who wrote Half of a Yellow Sun?
- Mariama Bâ
- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- Buchi Emecheta
- Tsitsi Dangarembga
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Question 3
Who wrote A Grain of Wheat?
- Dambudzo Marechera
- Tayeb Salih
- Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
- Ayi Kwei Armah
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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
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How a African Literature match works
- Seven rounds. The same seven African Literature questions for you and your opponent.
- Ten seconds each. A right answer in two seconds scores 20; at the buzzer, 11.
- The last round counts double. It’s never over until it’s over.
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