Question

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 by this author of The Strong Breed, the “mother of the market” allows the protagonist (10[1])to marry and sleep (10[1])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 (10[1])student Olunde (10[1])hesitates until Simon Pilkings (10[1])stops him from committing (10[1])ritual suicide. (10[1])For 10 points, name this Nigerian (10[1])author (10[1])of Death and the King’s (10[1])Horseman. ■END■

ANSWER: Wole Soyinka [or Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka]
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Summary

2024 ACF Winter at UC Berkeley2024-11-16Y3100%0%0%69.00
2024 ACF Winter at Clemson2024-11-16Y888%0%13%111.00
2024 ACF Winter at Northwestern2024-11-16Y989%0%0%105.38
2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State2024-11-16Y7100%0%14%116.71
2024 ACF Winter at Online2024-11-16Y888%0%13%108.14
2024 ACF Winter at UBC2024-11-16Y3100%0%0%90.67
2024 ACF Winter at Oxford2024-11-16Y11100%0%0%120.64

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Albert NyangLSE ACambridge C9210
Andrei HuiCambridge BBristol A9610
Justin KeungImperial ACambridge A11210
Gavin MarkoffVanderbiltLSE B11710
Eveline OngOxford AManchester11910
Mikey BrownBirminghamSouthampton A12310
Chris LevesleyWarwick ASouthampton B12710
George PurkissWarwick BDurham B12910
James CarrigyEdinburghBristol B13510
Tom HainesDurham ACam D13610
Benjamin WatsonOxford BImperial B14110