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AFL721S - AFRICAN LITERATURE - 2ND OPP - JAN 2025 |
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nAmlBIA UnlVERSITY
OF SCIEnCE Ano TECHnOLOGY
FACULTY OF COMMERCE, HUMAN SCIENCES AND EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGES
QUALIFICATION: BACHELOR OF ENGLISH AND LINGUISTICS
QUALIFICATION CODE: 07BENL
LEVEL: 7
COURSE CODE: AFL 721 S
COURSE NAME: AFRICAN LITERATURE
SESSION: JANUARY 2025
PAPER: THEORY
DURATION: 3 HOURS
MARKS: 100
SECOND OPPORTUNITY EXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER
EXAMINER: Ms. Strauss-Nghihalua
MODERATOR: Prof F.Opali
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Answer all questions.
2. Write clearly and neatly.
3. Number the answers clearly.
THIS QUESTION PAPER CONSISTS OF _3_ PAGES (Including this front page)
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QUESTION 1:
[30 Marks]
Analyse the key themes commonly found in African literature, using Athol Fugard's
Master Harold ... and the Boys (1982) as a case study to demonstrate how these themes
are represented in the text.
QUESTION 2:
"Telephone Conversation"
The price seemed reasonable, location
Indifferent. The landlady swore she lived
Off premises. Nothing remained
But self-confession. "Madam," I warned,
"I hate a wasted journey--1 am African."
Silence. Silenced transmission of
Pressurized good-breeding. Voice, when it came,
Lipstick coated, long gold-rolled
Cigarette-holder pipped. Caught I was foully.
"HOW DARK?" ... I had not misheard ... "AREYOU LIGHT
OR VERYDARK?" Button B, Button A.* Stench
Of rancid breath of public hide-and-speak.
Red booth. Red pillar box. Red double-tiered
Omnibus squelching tar. It was real! Shamed
By ill-mannered silence, surrender
Pushed dumbfounded to beg simplification.
Considerate she was, varying the emphasis--
"AREYOU DARK?OR VERYLIGHT?" Revelation came.
"You mean--like plain or milk chocolate?"
Her assent was clinical, crushing in its light
Impersonality. Rapidly, wave-length adjusted,
I chose. "West African sepia"--and as afterthought,
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"Down in my passport." Silence for spectroscopic
Flight of fancy, till truthfulness clanged her accent
Hard on the mouthpiece. "WHAT'S THAT?" conceding
"DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS." "Like brunette."
"THAT'SDARK, ISN'T IT?" "Not altogether.
Facially, I am brunette, but, madam, you should see
The rest of me. Palm of my hand, soles of my feet
Are a peroxide blond. Friction, caused--
Foolishly, madam--by sitting down, has turned
My bottom raven black--One moment, madam!"--sensing
Her receiver rearing on the thunderclap
About my ears--"Madam," I pleaded, "wouldn't you rather
See for yourself?"
Wole Soyinka
Analyse the use of irony in Wole Soyinka's poem "Telephone Conversation", (1963) and
how Soyinka employs dialogue and tone to reveal the complexities of racial identity and
social interaction. Support your analysis with specific references to the text.
QUESTION 3:
[30 Marks]
Discuss how Tsitsi Dangarembga portrays the effects of colonialism on personal and
national identity in The Book of Not (2006). Analyse the protagonist's journey in relation
to the broader political and social changes in Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, focusing on themes
of alienation, race, and power.
TOTAL MARKS: 100
END OF THE EXAMINATION QUESTIONS
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