Question

In a novel from this country, a writer first encounters the lost novel The Labyrinth of Inhumanity after sleeping with an older acclaimed author he calls the “Spider-Mother.” That novel from this country (10[1])was influenced by Roberto Bolaño, (-5[1])draws from the Yambo Ouologuem (“wo-lo-GHEM”) plagiarism scandal, and is titled The Most Secret Memory of (10[1])Men. (10[1])In a novel from (10[1])this country, a woman undergoes forty days of solitude after her polygamous husband (-5[1])Modou (-5[1])dies from a heart attack. (10[1])An author from this country wrote an epistolary novel (10[2])in which (10[2])Ramatoulaye (10[3])(“rah-mah-too-LYE”) writes (10[1])to her (10[1])friend Aissatou (“eye-sah-TOO”) after becoming widowed; (-5[1])that novel is (10[1])So (10[1])Long (10[1])a Letter. (10[2]-5[2])In 1960, (10[1])the Négritude (10[2])poet of (10[3])“Black (10[1])Woman” (10[1])became this country’s (10[1])first president. (10[4])For (10[1])10 (10[1])points, (10[2])name (10[1])this home country of Mohamed (10[1])Mbougar (10[1])Sarr, Mariama Bâ, and Leopold Senghor. (10[2])■END■ (10[8]0[10])

ANSWER: Senegal [or Republic of Senegal; or République du Sénégal; or Réewum Senegaal; or Ndenndaandi Senegaal]
<Maryland A, World Literature>
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Summary

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Omer KeskinOxford AWarwick B3210
Jack LengaCarnegie Mellon BMichigan D37-5
Richard NiuCornell BColumbia C5210
Seraphina Charlotte FooCambridge AOxford B5310
Jaik HavlickASUTexas B5710
Michał GerasimiukStanford BGeorgetown A70-5
Justin HawkinsIndiana AIllinois A71-5
Andrew WangIllinois AIndiana A7610
Anuttam RamjiUC Berkeley BUCSD8510
Jack LewisBruin AGeorgia Tech B8510
Kaiser XiaoUCLAClaremont A8710
Russell NipUBCUW B8710
Samarth RamChicago CMissouri8810
Kevin WangGeorgia Tech CAlabama A8810
Sinecio MoralesJohns Hopkins ARutgers A8810
Eve FleisigUC Berkeley AClaremont B8910
Guy IndoranteIowa StateWinona State9110
Jisoo YooTexas ATAMU96-5
Eva Lettiere-RobertsGeorge Washington ANYU B9910
Albert NyangLSEImperial B10010
Eshan PantNYU AJohn Jay College10110
Stan MelkumianPurdueNorthwestern B10310
Sharath NarayanNorthwestern AGeorgetown B10310
Jacob PuthipirojNorthwestern BPurdue103-5
Andrei HuiCambridge BCambridge D103-5
Roan DowlingIowaNotre Dame B10510
Joseph ChambersVirginia AWake Forest10710
Eric ChangVirginia Tech ASouth Carolina10710
Enina EdosomwanCase Western ACase Western B10910
Ned TagtmeierChicago AChicago B10910
Chris LevesleyWarwick AManchester10910
Jack RadoColumbia BHaverford B11010
Truman FillbrandtUW AAlberta11110
John Hines-ShahCarletonWisconsin A11410
Simon ZimmermanOhio State ACarnegie Mellon A11610
Parker McCoigTennessee AGeorgia Tech D11610
Beckett GilmoreLouisville AVanderbilt A11610
William OrrYale AVassar A11610
Charles HangWashU AIllinois C11710
Chris YooWilliam & MaryDuke11810
Nermeen RahmanIndiana BIllinois B11910
Morgan BozemanMinnesota BWisconsin B11910
Arvin BoraghiCambridge CCambridge E12010
Justin LeeImperial ADurham12510
Cole PolleyMichigan DCarnegie Mellon B12610
Alvin GuoChicago DMissouri S&T13210
Anirudh BharadwajPenn AGeorge Washington B13210
Anton AkroushMichigan StateMichigan A13310
Prahalad RaoOhio State BKenyon13310
Diego AlmarazUNC CLiberty B1330
Crow HeUNC BLiberty A1330
Jeffrey AustinUNC DLiberty C1330
Jonathan BostLiberty BUNC C1330
Caleb HinesLiberty AUNC B1330
Jonathan SchneidauLiberty CUNC D1330
Will SandersNotre Dame CNotre Dame A1330
Rachel EzrielevGeorgetown AStanford B13310
Stephen HeritageNotre Dame ANotre Dame C1330
John Luke BroussardTAMUTexas A13310
Jacob Hardin-BernhardtNYU CSouthampton B13310
Gus VanskikeMaryland BPenn B13310
Greg ReiserRIT BBinghamton A1330
Kevin PengCornell CRIT A13310
Pranaav SenthilkumarCornell DESF A13310
Owen LinderBinghamton ARIT B1330
Percy YuenCambridge DCambridge B14610
Roselyn DaffinSouthampton AOxford C1460
Benjamin WatsonOxford CSouthampton A1460
Kevin FlanaganBristolSheffield14610