Question
As a child, this character bent an iron bar rod that he used to stand up and walk for the first time. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this son of the “Buffalo Woman” Sogolon who defeats the sorcerer Soumaoro Kanté to take the title of mansa. This hero is the namesake of a work that details the founding of the Mali Empire.
ANSWER: Sundiata Keita [or Sunjata or Son-Jara; accept but DO NOT REVEAL Epic of Sundiata]
[10e] Sundiata’s rise is described in one of these long narrative poems that typically depict a heroic quest. Examples of these works include Homer’s Odyssey.
ANSWER: epic poem [or epic poetry; accept national epic; accept Epic of Sundiata or Epic of Son-Jara or Epic of Sunjata]
[10h] Balla Fasséké works as one of these figures for Sundiata and is considered the founder of the Kouyaté line. These Western African storytellers used instruments like the kora to tell the story of Sundiata.
ANSWER: griots (“GREE-ohs”) [or griottes or djeli or gewel or jeli or jeliw or jali or jaliw; prompt on musicians or singers or bards]
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Fall at Cornell | fall | Y | 10 | 16.00 | 100% | 30% | 30% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State | fall | Y | 8 | 17.50 | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Washington | fall | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Georgia | fall | Y | 12 | 16.67 | 100% | 25% | 42% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina | fall | Y | 9 | 15.56 | 100% | 22% | 33% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges | fall | Y | 5 | 14.00 | 100% | 20% | 20% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers | fall | Y | 8 | 18.75 | 100% | 38% | 50% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Illinois | fall | Y | 9 | 22.22 | 100% | 56% | 67% |
Data
| Penn B (DII) | Bard A (UG) | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Columbia A (UG) | Fordham A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Columbia B | Maryland A (DII) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Lehigh B (DII) | NYU A (UG) | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Penn A (DII) | NYU B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Princeton A (UG) | Maryland B (DII) | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Rutgers A (UG) | Columbia J (DII) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Lehigh A (UG) | Rutgers B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |