An essay by this author asks “how many of us can dance, or have even heard of, the Gombe Sugu?” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this author who used 16-syllable lines in translations of Julius Caesar and The Merchant of Venice. This leader’s government included the “father” of a language’s modern literature, Shaaban Robert.
ANSWER: Julius Nyerere (“nee-RAIR-ee”) [or Julius Kambarage Nyerere; prompt on Mwalimu]
[10e] Under Nyerere, Ebrahim Hussein introduced this style to Swahili in Kinjeketile. Bertolt Brecht developed this “alienating” form of theater, which shares its name with the genre of the Mande poem Sundiata.
ANSWER: epic theater [or episches Theater; accept epic poetry or Epic of Sundiata]
[10m] In Hussein’s play The Devils, Baba Kitaru belongs to a corrupt class named for these objects. Four girls act as one of these objects while Lakunle mimics taking photos in a dance from Wole Soyinka’s The Lion and the Jewel.
ANSWER: cars [or automobiles or equivalents; accept Mercedes Benz or wabenzi or other specific cars; prompt on motor vehicles]
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