Question

A character from this country is shocked to learn that the “sugar daddy” of her daughter Daba’s young friend is her own husband. That protagonist from this country is angered when Lady Mother-in-Law and a young second wife receive most of the gifts at her husband’s funeral. (-5[1])A poem from this country addresses objects that “purify the air of eternity” and describes “men of the dance whose feet only gain power when they beat the hard soil.” Ramatoulaye (-5[1])(“rah-mah-too-LYE”) writes to her (10[1])friend (10[1])Aïssatou (“ah-ee-sah-TOO”) in (10[1])a novel from this country, So Long a Letter. (10[4])A (10[1])poet (10[1])from this country described a “naked woman… clothed with your color which is life” in the poem “Black Woman.” That (10[1])Négritude (10[1])author from this country (10[2])wrote (10[1])“Prayer to Masks” (10[1])and the collection Éthiopiques. For 10 points, name this home country of Léopold Senghor. (10[2])■END■ (10[3]0[2])

ANSWER: Senegal [or Republic of Senegal; or République du Sénégal]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Deepak MuthyalaTexas A&M ASorbonne46-5
Jisoon YooTexas AUBC A77-5
Amogh KulkarniGeodesicMTSU8010
Tim MorrisonStanford AStanford B8110
Michael KohnDurham ACambridge B8310
Enoch YuenImperial AOxford A9210
Andrei HuiCambridge CDurham B9210
Ben Russell JonesEdinburghWarwick9210
Jason HongBrown ADartmouth A9210
Connor Mayers (UG)Maryland A (Grad)UNC B (UG)9310
Sam FooCambridge AImperial B9410
Roan DowlingIowa AMichigan State A11410
Truman FillbrandtUW AClaremont A11510
Towery McNeilBoston UniversityBrandeis B11910
Towery McNeilBoston UniversityBrandeis B11910
Alessandro BogoKCLBristol12010
Cameron WilliamsAppalachian StateIowa B12310
Eliza DeanOxford BOxford C13710
Andrew FisherSheffieldKiel13710
Patrick Torre (DII)Maryland C (DII)Liberty B (DII)1380
Joshua Schmidt (DII)Liberty B (DII)Maryland C (DII)1380
Dwight SolanoTexas A&M BRice A13810
Cormac BeirneSorbonneTexas A&M A13810
Russell NipUBC ATexas A13810