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50 Cards in this Set
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Prince Henry
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From Portugal, explored Africa in mid 1400's for political, scientific, religious and economic reasons. Especially the Gold Coast in 1471
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Bartolome de las Casas
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a Dominican Monk who said Africans were not people so it was okay to trade them as slaves
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Otto von Bismarck
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the chancellor of Germany who convened the Berlin Conference in 1884 that partitioned Africa into colonies for "la mission civilsatrice"
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Leopold II
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the king of Belgium who requested the Berlin Conference in 1884nthat partitioned Africa into colonies for "la mission civilsatrice"
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Dates of African Independence
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Ghana- 1957, most-1960, Angola-1975, Dijibouti-1977, Zimbabwe-1980
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Collector of Treasures Author
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Bessie Head: 1937-1986
born South Africa, illegally biracial teacher/journalist Botswana refugee |
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The Deep River: A Story of Ancient
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-Sebembele leaves tribe for Rankwana, the chief's wife
-women are weakening agents and like children -before European colonization, so Africans can love |
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Heaven is not Closed
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-Galenthege dies. She and Raloke didn't get married in church.
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The Village Saint
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-Mma-Mompati &Rra-Mompati hid their problems.
-Mma-Mompati treats Mary Pule badly after her husband leaves |
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The Story of a Faith Healing Priest
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Jacob: poor and good (East), from Botswana
Lebojang: bad and rich (West) set in Makleng |
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Witchcraft
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Botswana
-Mma- Mabele: housecleaner Lekena:homeowner Tswana custom vs. medicine |
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Looking for a Rain God
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-Mokgobja suggest they sacrifice 2 little girls but Europeans say to pray
-charged with ritual murder -Story of Abraham |
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Marginalization
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being excluded/pushed to edge
-Looking for a rain job and Jacob (German and Botswana) |
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Life
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Botswana (1966 independence)
-Life Morapedi comes from Johannesburg to and marries Lesego -Lesego kills her |
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Kgotla
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-Gobosamang's wife Rose (the sindebele woman) leaves him and her remarries Tsiesto
-Rose gets a job to repay Tsiesto |
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The Wind and a Boy
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-in Gwenta
-a boy Friedman lives with his grandmother and is run over in Ga-sefete-Moemo -grandmother dies -women have a large role in human life |
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Snapshots of a Weeding
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-Neo (educated) and Mathata (not educated) are both pregnant by Kegolletile
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The Special One
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-women don't want polygamy
-Mrs. Maleboge and old ladies get with young men -Gaenametse is the special one because she gets a good husband |
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The Collector of Treasures
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-Puleng village
-Dikeledi castrated her husband, Garesego Mokopi and is sent to jail -Paul and Kenalepe take the children |
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Hunting
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-Tholo goes hunting with Rapula to talk to him about being a better husband
-Thato, Tholo's wife, had a bad previous marriage |
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So Long a Letter Author
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Mariama Ba
-1929-1981 -from Senegal French, born in Dakar -Muslim -teacher/ inspector -published So Long a Letter in 1980 |
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is writing the letter in So Long a Letter
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Ramatoulaye: narrator/ teacher
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received So Long a Letter
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Aissatou: interpreter in USA
-goldsmith's daughter, Aunty Nabou (priness) doesn't think she's good enough |
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Ramtoulaye's husband
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Modou Fall: Lawyer
-dies at the beginning Mawdo's BFF |
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Aissatou's husband
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Mawdo Ba: doctor
Modou's BFF |
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Modou's new wife
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Binetou, the daughter Daba's BFF
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Ramatoulaye/ Modou's Daughter
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Daba, friend's with Binetou, the new wife
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Mawdo's new wife
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Young Nabou, also his cousin
-Aunty Nabou forces the marriage |
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epistolary
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written as a novel (So Long a Letter)
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daughter who gets pregnant in So Long a Letter
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Young Aissatou to Ibrahima Sall, who is in law school
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Death and the King's Horsemen Author
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Wole Soyinka
1934 Nigeria Yoruba |
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Death main character
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Elesin Oba
-King's Horseman |
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Death DO
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Simon Pilkings
-represents the British authority |
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Death DO Wife
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Jane Pilkings
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Black police chief Death
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Amusa
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Pilkings houseboy
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Joseph
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mother of the market
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Iyaloja
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Elesin's son
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Olunde
-kills himself in the end for Elesin -medical student |
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Setting of Death
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Nigeria, Act I, during British colonization
-Yoruba people |
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costumes the Pilkings wear
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egungun
-acredritual death masks |
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Between Tides Author
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Valentin Yves Mudimbe
-b. 1941 Democratic Republic of the Congo -kingdom of Luba -priest of Bedictine Order -teaches at Duke -wrote B.T. in French |
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polymath
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many interest and abilities
YV Mudimbe |
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Polyglot
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speaks many language
YV Mudimbe |
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main character in Between Tides
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Pierre Landu
-Catholic Priest/rebel -studied at the Angelicum |
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Pierre Landu's priest friend
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Father Howard
-has many of the same interest -Pierre writes him a letter to tell him he is leaving -white |
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Priest vows
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-poverty
-chastity -obedience to God |
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Pierre's teacher in rome at the Vadicum
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Monsignor Sanguineti
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Luba creation story
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Pietshi and Kabuya have the sun and moon as the children. they fight so much that the mom dies
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herecy
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deviation from the norm
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Pierre's wife
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Kaayowa
-acts like a slave |
