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A work by this author opens with men wagering body parts for a dice game and Dr. Bero torturing his father. This author of Madmen and Specialists featured a play-within-a-play where four women call a camera “the one-eyed box.” A son insults his father by calling him an “eater of leftovers,” and leaves for England to study medicine (-5[1])in a play by this author. The story of the “Not-I” bird is told by one of (10[1])this author’s (10[1])characters who later strangles himself upon seeing the corpse of his son. In that play, Simon (10[1])Pilkings intervenes in the ritual (10[1])suicide of Elesin Oba. (10[1]-5[1])For 10 points, The Lion and the Jewel (10[1])and Death and the King’s Horseman were written by what Nigerian playwright? ■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: Wole Soyinka [or Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka]
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2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY743%0%14%85.33
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY956%0%11%92.60
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY7100%0%14%85.00
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY1486%0%14%103.42
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY6100%0%0%99.50
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY1100%0%0%50.00
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY6100%0%17%92.17
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY9100%0%22%101.67

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William FosterChicago APurdue A57-5
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Owen AshbrookIowa BIllinois B9710
Brielle RachIowa AIllinois C10110
Sophie LymanWashU AIllinois D101-5
Noah McRedmondNotre Dame BPurdue C10910
David MathewPurdue AChicago A12210
Azura GollamudiNorthwestern BSIUE12210
Quinn WhitlowIllinois DWashU A12210