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| Who wrote Things fall apart? |
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| When and where was Chinua Achebe born? |
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| Chinua Achebe was the son of a ______(occupation). His father worked at a _____. He came from the_____culture. |
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| teacher; military school; igbo |
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| AChebe's family supported what kind of religion? What was Achebe's name at birth? |
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| devout evangelical protestants; albert |
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| In what year did Achebe attend college? What college and where? |
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| 1944; governement college in Umahia |
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| What three subjects did AChebe study in college? |
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| english, history, theology |
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| What happened to Achebe at college? |
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| he had a reawakening-he hid not want the name his parents gave him |
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| Achebe graduated in _____and joined the _______. |
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| 1953; Nigerian broadcasting company |
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| At the time of the Nigerian civil war, where did Achebe work? |
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| at the Biafran government |
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| How did Achebe feel about the government? |
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| When was the Nigerian civil war? |
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| Where two colleges did Achebe teach at? |
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| at the university of Massachusetts; bard college |
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| What happened to Achebe in 1990? |
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| he was involved in a car accident and he was confined to a wheel chair |
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| Achebe was critical of African leaders who have become _____. |
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| Where and when does things fall apart take place? |
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| igbo community; late 1800s |
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| Nigeria becomes colonized by the _____in _____. |
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| The igbo people organized themselves in ____networks. How many people are usually in a network/ |
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| The clans are led by ______. |
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| the council of elders are often called_____. They can also be considered_____. And they usually have multiple____. |
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| titleholders; cultural leaders; wives |
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| The igbo culture supported what kind of government? |
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| What are the houses like in igbo soceity? |
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| compounds; each wife has her own hut |
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| What is the major crop in the igbo culture? |
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| The Igbo exported crops to their ____; they used _____to accomplish this. |
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| neighbors; migrant culture |
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| What were some other important crops in the Igbo culture? |
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| palm oil and the koala nut |
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| The koala nut is known as the flavoring ingredient in _____. |
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| The Igbo people expressed general reverance to the goddess_____. |
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| Ancestors in the igbo culture are seen as _____, |
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| protectors of the community and the family |
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| someone who speaks for the goddess |
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| The igbo saw the living and the dead as a ______. The_____changes things. |
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| What three types of conflicts that are faced in things fall apart? |
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| generational; cultural; gender based |
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| Who created the concept of a "tragic hero"? In what book? |
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| aristotle in is book called the poetics |
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| What are the six characteristics of a tragic hero? |
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| high status, imperfect, possesses a tragic flaw that causes thier downfall, his downfall is not wholly deserved, through the fall the hero grows in self knowledge, brings about a catharsis which cleanses the audience |
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| a release or purging of emotion |
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| What is another word for tragic flaw? |
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| Who wrote in the shadow of war? |
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| When and where was ben okri born? |
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| Okri is a member of the _____people of the delta region in southern Nigeria. He is the son of a british trained_____. |
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| What two places was Okri eduacted in and where does he currently reside? |
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| nigeria and england; london |
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| Okri began his literary career with editorials on ________. |
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| vicious landlords, water tanks, and bad wroads |
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| How old was Okri when he published his first novel? What was the name of the novel? |
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| twnety one; flowers and shadows |
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| When did Nigeria gain its independence from great britain? |
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| How many ethnic groups are in Nigeria? |
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| Three fifths of the Nigerian population belong to one of these three groups....what are these three groups? |
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| hausa-fulani; yoruba; igbo |
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| IN 1967, the igbo declared thier homeland as _____. |
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| the independent republic of biafra |
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| What image does the word biafra bring to people's minds? |
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| When and where was mark mathabane born? |
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| Mathabane received a ____scholarship to an american university. |
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| Who inspired mathabane to try writing? |
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| When was kaffir boy published? |
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| What did the apartheid laws enforce? |
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| separation of blacks; inferior jobs, housing, and schools for nonwhites |
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| The word Kaffir is arabic for____. |
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| it is a derogatory tern used by whites to describe any black south african |
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| When were the apartheid laws removed from south africa? |
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| How does Mr. Brown differ from Mr. Smith? |
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| Mr. Brown supports compromise, Mr. Smith thinks that his way is the only way |
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| What two community events occur just prior to Okonkwo's banishment? |
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| Where does Okonkwo seek asylum during his exile from Umuofia? |
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| his mother's family tribe |
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| HOw long is Okonkwo's exile for? |
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| IN what part of the village do the christians build their church? |
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| What term to the missionaries translator use for "myself" that the villagers find amusing? |
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| Who is the oracle in things fall apart? |
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| woman; also can mean a man that has no title |
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| somone who impersonates one of the ancestral spirts of the village |
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| large living quarters of he head of the family |
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| a child who repeatedly dies and returns to its mother to be born |
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| What is the week of peace? |
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| week before the harvest of the yams |
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| Who wrote "somehow we survive"? |
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| What is "somehow we survive" about? |
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| how to come through unjust oppression and become a better person |
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| How many wives and children did Okonkwo have? |
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| three wives; eight children |
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| the study of origins and behaviors of man including the development of socieities and cultures |
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| What are two skills that Unoka has/ |
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| playing the flute, language |
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