Question
An author from this country paralleled the story of Yambo Ouologuem (“wo-lo-GHEM”), an author accused of plagiarism for his work Bound to Violence, in his character T. C. Elimane. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this home country of the author of The Most Secret Memory of Men. An author from this present-day country wrote the novel So Long a Letter.
ANSWER: Senegal [or Republic of Senegal or Republique du Senegal] (So Long a Letter is by Mariama Bâ.)
[10e] The author of The Most Secret Memory of Men, Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, was the first Senegalese author to win a prize for literature in this language, the Prix Goncourt (“gon-KOOR”).
ANSWER: French [or français]
[10m] Sarr studied Léopold Senghor, who helped found this Francophone literary movement. Other developers of this movement include Léon Damas and Aimé Césaire (“eh-MAY say-ZAIR”).
ANSWER: Négritude
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Summary
| 2023 ACF Winter @ Columbia | 11/11/2023 | Y | 9 | 15.56 | 78% | 56% | 22% |
Data
| Bard A | Yale B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Columbia B | NYU B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Cornell C | Penn B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Columbia A | Princeton B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| NYU A | Rowan A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Columbia C | Rutgers A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vassar | Rutgers B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Yale A | Haverford | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Yale C | Penn A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |