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African Literature Question Paper

African Literature 

Course:Bachelor Of Arts In Literature

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2010



KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2009/2010
INSTITUTIONAL BASED PROGRAMME (IBP)
EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS AND
BACHELOR OF EDUCATION
ALT 401:
AFRICAN LITERATURE

DATE: Wednesday, 1st September, 2010

TIME: 4.30 p.m. ? 6.30 p.m.
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INSTRUCTIONS:
Answer any THREE questions.
1.
?There was no Literature in Africa before colonization?. How true is this
assertion?

2.
What, in your opinion, should be the language of African Literature?

3.
Referring to any poems from Lusophone Africa done in this unit, discuss how
History informs thematic choices in African Literature.

4.
Discuss how Denis Brutus responds to the Apartheid situation in his poetry.

5.
?Literature and Politics are inseparable in Post-Colonial Africa?. Discuss how
this assertion holds true drawing examples from Ayi Kwei Armah?s The
Beautyful Ones Are not Yet Born.

6.
Discuss the various ways in which religion has influenced Literature from Africa.

7.
Drawing illustrations form short stories from North Africa, discuss the theme of
feminism in African Literature.
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