Question

One novel by this author features a man who reflects how “living fire begets cold, impotent ash” after his son runs away. In another novel by this author, the UPU debates whether they should continue paying for the legal services of a man caught taking a bribe. The portrayal of cannibals in Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness led this author to label (10[1])Conrad (10[1])a (10[1])“thoroughgoing racist.” (10[2])This author of No Longer at Ease (10[1])wrote about (10[1])Umuofia’s (10[2])oracle decreeing the death of the child Ikemefuna, which results in the boy’s adoptive father striking the killing blow. For 10 points, name this Nigerian author who described Okonkwo’s downfall in the novel Things Fall Apart. ■END■

ANSWER: Chinua Achebe
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Stephen HeritageNotre Dame AWashU B6110
Noah McRedmondNotre Dame BSIUE6210
Sebastian PujetWashU ANorthwestern B6310
Grace EarlyIowa AIllinois D6510
Sophia MadrazoPurdue BIllinois B6510
Sriram KoritalaIllinois AChicago B7210
Jack PirosIllinois CPurdue C7410
Elizabeth BowlingIndianaNotre Dame C7510
Waverly O'MalleyIowa BNorthwestern A7510

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2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY989%0%11%82.50
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY8100%0%0%59.75
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY6100%0%0%67.50
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY12100%0%8%75.75
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY9100%0%0%62.89
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY5100%0%0%68.80
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY8100%0%13%79.88
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY9100%0%0%68.00