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An author from this country is warned “pride goeth before a fall” and told to pray for forgiveness after telling her teacher she wanted to write like Wordsworth. After the death of her father seventeen years prior, a travel author wrote about exploring a deserted amusement park in this country in the book Looking for Transwonderland. An epistolary essay by an author from this country uses the example of Theresa May and her husband to argue against “Feminism Lite” in one of its (*) fifteen title “suggestions.” An author from this country described herself (10[1])as a “feminist with a small ‘f’” in an essay recounting her education prior to writing her novel Second Class Citizen. An author from this country noted “there’s a problem with gender as it is today” (10[1])in a book adapted from a TED talk. For 10 points, (10[1])name this home country of the author of We Should All Be Feminists, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. ■END■

ANSWER: Nigeria [or Federal Republic of Nigeria; or Najeriya; or Naìjíríyà] (The unnamed authors are Buchi Emecheta and Noo Saro-Wiwa.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Brendan BethlehemCien Años de QuizboledadSimple Vibes9210
Shiv SeshanCambridgeLimp Franceskit12810
Daoud JacksonDefying SuavityGrzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz13910

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