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Survey Of African Literature Question Paper

Survey Of African Literature 

Course:Bachelor Of Arts In Literature

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2008



KENYATTA UNIVERSITY

UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2007/2008
INSTITUTIONAL BASED PROGRAMMES (IBP)
EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS AND BACHELOR
OF EDUCATION
ALT 202: SURVEY OF AFRICAN LITERATURE

DATE: FRIDAY, 29TH AUGUST 2008


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

INSTRUCTIONS: Answer THREE questions only.

1. ?Mariama
Ba?s
So Long a Letter can be said to be gender demarcated? Respond to this
statement basing your answers on the characters in the novella.


2.
Using appropriate examples, discuss the role of oral literature as a tool for social
transformation.


3.
In what ways can we say that A Walk in the Night depicts the plight of the oppressed
people in South Africa?s apartheid system.


4.
Discuss the idea that in A Man of the People Achebe highlights the immorality and
confusion of the post colonial Africa.


5.
To what extent can we say that Francis Imbuga has succeeded in crusading for the
African values in The Burning of Rags?


6.
Describe the poetry in When Bullets Begin to Flower as a tool for political
mobilization of the colonized people of Africa. Use at least FOUR poems.



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