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This author wrote a play about a family whose duty is to carry a dwarf boat out to the river once a year. This author created a group of women that chants “little children are our champions” after their daughters mock and chase away a policeman trying to stop a wedding. Jaguna’s trap kills the protagonist of a play by this author, in which a mentally challenged boy is replaced as the “carrier” by Eman. In a play (10[1])by this author (-5[1])of The Strong Breed, the “mother of the market” allows the protagonist to marry and sleep with her son’s fiancée. Despite his assurances to the Praise-Singer in one of this author’s plays, (10[1])the father of the medical student Olunde (10[1])hesitates until Simon Pilkings (10[2])stops him (10[1])from committing ritual suicide. For 10 points, name this Nigerian author of Death (10[1])and the King’s Horseman. ■END■

ANSWER: Wole Soyinka [or Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Yahwanth Bajji (DII)Michigan AMichigan State A7710
Shourjo Ganguli (UG)Ohio State A (UG)Pitt A80-5
Ariel FaederPitt AOhio State A (UG)11210
Biyang Zhang (UG)Michigan BCWRU D (DII)11910
Sai Subramanian (DII)CWRU A (UG)CWRU C (UG)12310
PeterOSU CKenyon A12310
Matthew KElley (DII)Michigan C (UG)Michigan State C (UG)12510
Ruchir Kodihalli (UG)CWRU B (UG)Michigan D (DII)13810

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2024 ACF Winter at UC Berkeley2024-11-16Y3100%0%0%69.00
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