Question
An author from this country, Shaaban Robert, gained fame for works including the poem An Epic in the War for Freedom. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this African country. An archipelago in this modern-day country was the birthplace of Abdulrazak Gurnah, who won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature for novels including Paradise.
ANSWER: Tanzania [United Republic of Tanzania; or Zanzibar]
[10h] In this Gurnah novel narrated by Rashid, Martin Pearce is rescued by the shopkeeper Hassanali, whose sister Rehana has a love affair with Pearce. Later in this novel, Rashid's brother falls in love with Rehana's granddaughter.
ANSWER: Desertion
[10e] Tanzanian author Elieshi Lema, whose story "Mwendo" discusses how harmful cultural practices impacted a young girl, wrote in English and this Bantu language of much of Tanzania and Kenya's oral literature.
ANSWER: Swahili [or Kiswahili]
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Summary
| 2023 NASAT | 06/17/2023 | Y | 9 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
Data
| California | Asia A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Missouri B | Asia B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Illinois White | Maryland Red | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| New Jersey A | Kentucky A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| New Jersey B | Liberia | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Maryland Gold | Arkansas | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Missouri A | Illinois Orange | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Illinois Blue | Ohio | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Pennsylvania | Virginia | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |