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AFL721S - AFRICAN LITERATURE - 1ST OPP - NOVEMBER 2023 |
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nAmI Bl AunIVE RSITY
OF SCIEnCE Ano TECHn OLOGY
FACULTYOF COMMERCE, HUMAN SCIENCESAND EDUCATION
DEPARTMENTOF COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGES
QUALIFICATION:BACHELOR OF ENGLISHAND LINGUISTICSHONOURS
QUALIFICATIONCODE:07BAEN
LEVEL:7
COURSE:AFRICAN LITERATURE
SESSION:NOVEMBER 2023
COURSECODE:AFL721S
PAPER:THEORY
DURATION: 3 HOURS
MARKS: 75
EXAMINERS
MODERATOR
FIRSTOPPORTUNITYEXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER
DRA HAUTEMO
PROF F OPALI
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Answer THREEquestions.
2. Section A is compulsory. You are all required to answer the question in
this section.
3. Section B is optional. Answer any TWO questions in this section.
4. Each essay must be at least 700 words.
5. Write clearly and neatly.
6. Number the answers clearly.
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SECTION A: COMPULSORY QUESTION
[25 MARKS)
This section contains only ONE question that is compulsory for everyone.
QUESTION 1
[25 MARKS)
Read the following poem carefully and discuss the major themes and how they relate to the
objectives of African Literature. Support your discussion with close reference to the poem.
First Day After the War
By Mazisi Kunene
We heard the songs of a wedding party.
We saw a soft light
Coiling round the young blades of grass.
At first we hesitated, then we saw her footprints,
Her face emerged, then her eyes of freedom!
She woke up with a smile saying,
"What day is this that comes suddenly?"
We said, "It is the first day after the war."
Then without waiting we ran to the open space
Ululating to the mountains and the pathways
Calling people from all the circles of the earth.
We shook up the old man demanding a festival
We asked for all the first fruits of the season.
We held hands with a stranger
We shouted across the waterfalls
People came from all lands
It was the first day of peace.
We saw our Ancestors travelling tall on the horizon.
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SECTION B: ELECTIVEQUESTIONS
Answer any TWO (2) questions from this section.
[50 MARKS)
QUESTION 2
[25 MARKS)
The play "Sizwe Bansi is Dead" by Athol Fugard focuses on the unequal relationships between
the colonists and black South Africans. Do you agree? Support your answer by referring to the
characters and events in the play.
QUESTION 3
[25 MARKS)
Write an essay in which you compare and contrast Beatrice and Aunty lfeoma in Adichie
Chimamanda's Purple Hibiscus.
QUESTION 4
[25 MARKS)
Examine how cultural conflict is presented by p'Bitek in Song of Lawino I Song of Oco/.
TOTAL MARKS [75)
END OF EXAMINATION
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