Question
Name these writers whose works have been sampled by Beyoncé, for 10 points each:
[10e] Beyoncé’s visual album Lemonade sampled a speech by this man declaring “The most disrespected person in America is the Black woman.” Alex Haley published the “Autobiography” of this civil rights leader after his 1965 assassination.
ANSWER: Malcolm X [or Malik el-Shabazz or Malcolm Little; accept The Autobiography of Malcolm X; prompt on partial answers]
[10h] Also in Lemonade, Beyoncé recites sections of this British-Somali poet’s works “The unbearable weight of staying (the end of the relationship)” and “For Women Who Are Difficult To Love.”
ANSWER: Warsan Shire (“SHEE-ray”)
[10m] Beyoncé’s 2013 song “Flawless” samples this author’s TED Talk “We Should All Be Feminists.” This author also wrote the “Feminist Manifesto” Dear Ijeawale (“EE-jay-uh-WAH-lay”).
ANSWER: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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