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Alt 200: East African Prose Fiction Examination  Question Paper

Alt 200: East African Prose Fiction Examination  

Course: Bachelor Of Education

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2008



DATE: Friday 13th June, 2008 TIME: 8.00 - 10.00 a.m.
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INSTRUCTIONS:
Answer THREE questions: Question ONE and any other TWO.

1.
The East African countries have shared common histories of migration,
colonialism, and the challenge of forming individual nations after independence.
Illustrate how these issues emerge in texts of your choice outlining any
significant differences.




[25 marks]

2.
?The subject of migration assumes a female perspective in Grace Ogot?s The
Promised Land.? Discuss.

3.
Ngugi perceives individual and communal healing as central to the new
beginnings at independence. Illustrate this with close reference to A Grain of
Wheat.

4.
?Mary Okurut uses the marginalized in Child of a Delegate to tell of tragic
national experiences in Uganda.? Discuss.

5.
Illustrate with reference to any three short stories by Tanzanian artists studied
in this unit how the theme of nationalism and identity are portrayed.

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