Question

Ama Ata Aidoo’s play Anowa is inspired by a Ghanaian folktale about a woman refusing to marry suitors from her parents only to marry this figure in disguise. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this figure that Aidoo based the slave trader Kofi Ako as in Anowa. This personification of evil reigns in hell in the epic poem “Paradise Lost.”
ANSWER: the Devil [or Satan or Lucifer]
[10m] In Anowa, an unnamed old man and woman perform this role in the play. In ancient Greek plays, a group of actors performed this role by commenting and singing about the play generally while off-stage.
ANSWER: chorus
[10h] This author also depicted the struggles of post-colonial families in the play I Will Marry When I Want. This Kenyan author wrote the novels A Grain of Wheat and Weep Not, Child in English before writing solely in Gikuyu.
ANSWER: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o (“n-GOO-gee”) [or James Ngugi]
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Chicago AIllinois C1010020
Illinois DPurdue C1010020
Iowa AWashU A1010020
Illinois ANotre Dame A10101030
Northwestern BNotre Dame B10101030
Notre Dame CIowa B1010020
Purdue ASIUE10101030
Purdue BNorthwestern A1010020
Illinois BWashU B1010020