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15 Cards in this Set
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5 constant virtues |
Benevolence Ritual Propriety Righteousness Wisdom Integrity |
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African Literature |
Consists of a body of work in different languages and various genres, ranging from oral literature to literature written in colonial languages (French, Portuguese and English) |
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The first African Literature (when) |
Circa 2300-2100 |
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Memphite Declaration of Deities |
The first written accounts of creation |
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Period of Colonization |
Europeans tried to destroy the pagan and primitive culture of the Africans to make them more pliable slaves |
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Nelson Mandela |
Born in Qunu, Africa at July 18, 1918 |
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1960 |
63 blacks were murdered during the Sharpville massacre |
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1962 |
Nelson Mandela was arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment |
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1990 |
He was released from prison |
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May 10, 1994 |
He was inaugurated as the first democratically elected State president |
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1999 |
He retired as President |
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Wole Soyinka |
Born in Nigeria, July 13, 1934 Foremost English-Language poet and certainly the most celebrated playwright of black America Earned the 1986 Nobel Prize |
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Chinua Achebe |
Nigerian poet and novelist First novel was Things Fall Apart in 1958 |
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John Pepper Clark |
Nigerian poet, dramatist and literacy critic Born in April 6, 1935 and contributed significantly to the Nigerian renaissance in the late 50s and early 60s |
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Ngugi wa Thong |
Born in Kenya, January 5, 1938 Considered the most important East African novelist, educated in both Kenya and England he taught literature for many years. |