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African Drama (Special Study) Question Paper

African Drama (Special Study)

Course:Bachelor Of Arts In Literature

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2008

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2007/2008
SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR
OF ARTS AND BACHELOR OF EDUCATION
ALT 308: AFRICAN DRAMA (SPECIAL STUDY)
DATE: FRIDAY, 20TH JUNE 2008

TIME: 11.00 A.M. ? 1.00 P.M.

INSTRUCTIONS: Answer only THREE questions.

Question 1
What basic differences exist between African drama and Western drama?

Question 2
?No matter how modern African playwrights try to Africanise Western Drama, African
Drama will always remain a product of dual heritage? Discuss this statement with
reference to any texts that you have studied.

Question 3
Three types of forms of drama have been identified to exist in Africa: Ritual/traditional
drama, African popular theatre and literary drama. Analyse each of these with concrete
examples from the African continent.

Question 4
In what ways does Joe de Graft depict the Scramble for Africa, the slave trade, and the
struggle for independence in MUNTU?

Question 5
In what ways can LUANDA MAGERE by Koiti Omtata be considered a story of love,
hate, betrayal and death?

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Question 6
?The play has a bite of a great dictator especially in the scenes in which Kongi is building
his image; Kongi?s last supper poses for international photographers, the argument about
which member of the reformed Aweri community should write his book; pictures of
Kongi?s Terminus, Kongi?s University and Kong?s References; and the decision to date
the years from Kongi?s Harvest? Discuss this in reference to what happens in
KONGI?S HARVEST by Wole Soyinka.

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