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127 Cards in this Set
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Between Tides: Author |
V.Y Mudimbe |
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Between Tides: Original Language |
French |
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V.Y. Mudimbe: Birth Place |
DRC |
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V.Y. Mudimbe: Ethnicity |
Luba |
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V.Y. Mudimbe: Locations he has studied |
Lovanium University in Kinsasha, France, and Belgium |
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V.Y. Mudimbe: Catholic Priest in what country? |
Rwanda |
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V.Y. Mudimbe: Where did he teach? |
Duke, Stanford, Hartford, University of Congo and Univ. of France |
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Between Tides: Narrator? |
Pierre Landu |
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Pierre Landu: Occupation |
Priest, then a member of the rebel forces |
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Between Tides: Pierre's Supervisor/Mentor |
Father Howard |
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Between Tides: Garbage Girl's real name |
Suzanne |
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Between Tides: Published in what year? |
1973 |
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Between Tides: English Translation in what year? |
1991 |
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Between Tides: Awards won |
Grand Prize in Catholic Literature |
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Between Tides: With which 4 affiliations does Pierre have ties? |
-The Church -Traditional Community -The Rebels -The Government |
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Between Tides: According to Pierre, what's wrong with the Church? |
They are exploiting (not helping, giving, or loving) the people, which goes against the Christian teachings. |
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Between Tides: According to Pierre, what's wrong with the rebels? |
They are more destructive than helpful to the community. |
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Between Tides: Where was Pierre sent to study? What was the name of the institution? |
Rome. The Angelicum. |
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Between Tides: What are Pierre's degrees in? |
Cannon Law (university degree), Theology (Ph.D) |
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Between Tides: Sanguinetti |
-father superior in Rome - head of Angelicum |
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Between Tides: What do Pierre and Father Howard have in common? What is different about them? |
Both are priests, like smoking, literature, classical music, black coffee. Pierre is black; Father Howard is white. |
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Between Tides: The Colonel reminds Pierre of whom? |
Jesus Christ (self-described instrument made to bring peace) and a shikwembu (ancestral god/spirit) |
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Shadows of Your Black Memory: Author |
Donato Ndongo-Bidyogo |
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Donato Ndongo-Bidyogo: Birth place |
Equatorial Guinea |
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Donato Ndongo-Bidyogo: Ethnicity |
Fang |
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Shadows of Your Black Memory: Original Language |
Spanish |
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Donato Ndongo-Bidyogo: Where was he educated? |
Missionary school in Barcelona, Spain |
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Donato Ndongo-Bidyogo: Where did he teach? |
University of Missouri, Columbia, and Stanford |
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Shadows of Your Black Memory: Important Charaters |
-Nameless narrator -Father Ortiz -Tio Abeso -Tia Te -Don Ramon -Father Remigio (Hot Eye) -Ambrosio |
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Shadows of Your Black Memory: Father Ortiz vs Tio Abeso |
Ortiz criticizes Tio Abeso's traditons b/c they aren't Christian/European. |
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Shadows of Your Black Memory: Tio Abeso |
Polygamist (6 wives, 15 children). Ortiz suggests he drop all but one wife and marry her in the church |
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Shadows of Your Black Memory: What does Tio Abeso say about Christian tradition? |
-Polygamy exists (and is not shamed) in Christianity -Extramarital sex exists (and is not shamed) in Christianity -Bible says "be fruitful and multiply" which is what Abeso does. |
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Shadows of Your Black Memory: Tia Te |
Has a sexual relationship with unnamed narrator (her nephew) |
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Shadows of Your Black Memory: Ambrosio |
Catechist (teacher of religious principles-role model at protagonist’s young age |
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Shadows of Your Black Memory: Angeles |
Girlfriend of narrator at beginning of novel |
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Shadows of Your Black Memory: Father Remigio aka Father Hot Eye |
Principal of religious school. Makes narrator eat yucca with a centipede in it. Then beats him until the narrator is sick |
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Shadows of Your Black Memory: Don Ramon |
Primary school teacher/religious leader |
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Shadows of Your Black Memory: Important themes |
-Tradition/Validation of tradition -Humanity |
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Shadows of Your Black Memory: Narrator's Father's opinions |
Blacks are inherently evil (pg 121). He spies for the Spanish |
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Purple Hibiscus: Original Language |
English
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Purple Hibiscus: Author |
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: Birth Place |
Enugu, Nigeria |
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: Ethnicity |
Igbo/Ibo |
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: Education |
Moved to US at 19 for college |
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: Random Facts |
Purple Hibiscus Published in 2003, wrote other novels, one about the Biafra War. Received the Genius Award and National Book Critics Circle Award |
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Purple Hibiscus: Characters |
-Kambili (Ruth) -Jaja (Chukwuka) – Jaja nicknamed after King Obopo -Sister Beatrice (Kambili’s mother) -Papa Eugene (Kambili’s Father) -Aunty Ifeoma (Papa’s sister) -Father Benedict -Papa Nnukwu (Papa Eugene’s dad) -Amaka, Obiora, Chima -Father Amadi (Kambili’s crush) -Ade Coker (friend of Papa Eugene) -Kevin (family driver) |
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I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem: Author |
Maryse Condé |
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I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem: Original Language |
French
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Maryse Condé: Birth place |
Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe |
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Maryse Condé: Random facts |
Youngest of 8 children- strict parents did not let them see outsiders |
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Maryse Condé: Education |
1953, sent to France to study in Paris- then majors in English at Sorbonne University |
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I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem: Translated in English in what year? |
1992 |
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I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem: Originally written in what year? |
1986 |
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Maryse Condé: Where does she teach? |
Columbia
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I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem: Narrator |
Tituba
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I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem: Tituba's Husband |
John Indian |
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I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem: Tituba's "adopted" mother |
Mama Yaya |
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I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem: Tituba's biological mother |
Abena |
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I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem: Tituba's un-biological father |
Yao |
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I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem: Tituba's "owner" |
Samuel Parris |
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I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem: "Owner's" wife |
Elizabeth Parris |
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I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem: Parris' daughters |
Abigail and Betsy |
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I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem: Who does Tituba meet/confide in when she's in prison? |
Hester |
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In The Palm of Darkness: Author |
Mayra Montero |
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In The Palm of Darkness: Original Language |
Spanish |
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Mayra Montero: Birth place |
Havannah, Cuba. Moves to Puerto Rico |
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Mayra Montero: random facts |
-Activist and Journalist -Studied Journalism in Mexico -Correspondent for Central America |
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In The Palm of Darkness: Martha Grigg |
Victor Grigg's wife. Marine biologist
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In The Palm of Darkness: Victor Grigg |
Herpetologist. Looking for the grenouille du sang in Haiti |
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In The Palm of Darkness: Barbara |
"Friend" of Martha's
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In The Palm of Darkness: Thierry Adrien |
Victor's guide on the island |
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In The Palm of Darkness: Papa Crapaud |
"Jasper Wilbur." Originally found the grenouille du sang.
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In The Palm of Darkness: Vaughn Patterson |
Put Victor on his trip. From Australia. Has leukemia. |
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In The Palm of Darkness: Key Themes |
-Knowledge vs Experience -Local knowledge vs book knowledge/education -Mystery |
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The Color Purple: Original Language |
English
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The Color Purple: Author |
Alice Walker
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Alice Walker: Birth place |
Eatonton, GA
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Alice Walker: Family
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-Youngest of 8 -Parents were sharecroppers -Raised during Jim Crow -Married a white man (Melvin Leventhal). First interracial marriage in Mississippi -Had daughter (Rebecca) |
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Alice Walker: Education |
Spelman College (ATL) and Sarah Lawrence (NY) |
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The Color Purple: Protagonist |
Celie
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The Color Purple: Nettie |
Celie's sister |
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The Color Purple: Pa |
Alfonso (Celie and Nettie's stepdad)
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The Color Purple: Shug Avery |
Singer. Celie's friend. Mr. is infatuated with her
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The Color Purple: Mr. |
Albert. Celie's abusive "husband"
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The Color Purple: Annie Julia |
Albert's deceased wife |
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The Color Purple: Millie |
Wife of the mayor. Sofia becomes her servant.
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The Color Purple: Sofia |
Harpo's wife
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The Color Purple: Harpo |
Albert's son (doesn't respect Sofia)
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The Color Purple: Henry |
Sofia's boyfriend after she decides to leave Harpo |
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The Color Purple: Squeak |
Mary Agnes. Harpo's girlfriend
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The Color Purple: Olivia and Adam |
Celie's children
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The continent of Africa has _____ countries.
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55 |
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________ is a country that is still in dispute. |
Western Sahara |
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_____ became a country in 2011. |
South Sudan |
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____ and ____ can be used to classify people of Africa. |
language, physical type |
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The main groupings of language families and with linguistic communities are: |
Afro-Asiatic Nilotic Bantu Khoisan West and North-Central Africa Malagasy |
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3 Successful African societies: |
Wolof, Kongo Kingdom, Timbuktu |
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The 4 aims of the explorations of the Kingdom of Portugal were |
1. Scientific
2. Religious 3. Economic 4. Political |
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The leader of Portugal at this time was |
Prince Henry
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Grain Coast was located in |
Liberia |
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The Gold Coast was located in |
Ghana |
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The slave Coast was located between _____&______ |
Volta and the Niger Delta |
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The _____ argued that black souls were less than Native American souls. Used to justify slavery. |
theological debate
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The ____ &_____ were two fronts on which the slave trade took place |
Atlantic and Indian Ocean slave trade
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The Berlin Conference was held between the years____ |
1884-1885 |
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Le Code Noir was written in ____ and had __ articles detailing slave punishments. |
1685, 7 |
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In the Atlantic Slave Trade, ____ people were taken from Africa. |
12-15 million |
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Who attended the Berlin Conference? |
12 European powers, USA, and Ottoman Empire. |
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Expert ______ gives "expert advice" to the delegates |
Henry Morton Stanley |
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There were colonies for _____&______. |
Settlement, exploitation |
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Official justification for these colonies: |
Civilizing missions |
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African slaves were obtained by: |
1. inter-state wars (prisoners of war sold as slaves) 2. convicted criminals (sold as slaves) 3. raiding for slaves 4. kidnapping people for slavery |
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the reference date for most African countries is |
1960 |
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WWI was from _____to____ |
1914-18 |
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WWII was from _____to_____ |
1939-45 |
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When WWII ended the_______ was formed and the ______________________________________ was adopted. |
UN, Universal Declaration of Human Rights |
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31. The uranium used in the Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki came from the DRC ____________________ (Belgian mining company). |
Gecamines |
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Black leaders from the USA, the Caribbean islands, and several African countries (many of them college students) meet and confront the “International Community” in Paris at ______________________________________. |
the Paris Conference |
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The DRC had a dictator named _______________who was in power for ______ years. |
Mobutu, 32 |
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Aspects of post 2001 Africa:____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
1. Terrorism (The Africa Command, the CIA shows interest in African languages); 2. African immigration: “not wanted;” 3. Natural resources and “green energy”: oil, minerals, land for alternative sources of energy (corn, switch grass, etc.); 4. The “competition” with China for economic resources and political influence. |
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African traditional cosmology (worldview) has the world of the _________________, the_________________ and the __________________ |
Unborn, Born, Dead |
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Names for the God spirit are:______________________________,____________________________,______________________________, and_________________________ |
Nzambe, Nzambi, Mungu, Mwari |
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Junior spirits were _____________________ and ________________________. |
Ancestral spirits, nature spirits |
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Two important functions of literature are______________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
1.To help us, develop a better understanding of the Human Condition (similarities and differences. 2. By appealing to our imagination, literature helps us “see” our oneness with our fellow human beings and the other manifestations of Life. |
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The Color Purple: Rev. Samuel and Corrine |
Missionaries, take Nettie to Africa |
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The Color Purple: Grady |
Shug's husband |
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The Color Purple: Olinka |
The name of the ethnicity of the African people mentioned in the book |
