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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where was Janheinz Jahn from?
2. What term does the author define in Chapter 1, Part VIII as "literature written by Africans in European languages in the era of imperialism" (27)?
3. What does the Gĩkũyũ word "ngurukuhĩ" translate to in English?
4. Where are the owners of the Bata shoe factory based?
5. The author notes in his Introduction that the study of African realities has been seen for too long in terms of what?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are the mutually opposed forces in African realities today, according to the author in his Introduction?
2. What was the Kamĩrĩĩthhũ Community Education and Culture Centre?
3. What is the basic plot of Ngaahika Ndeenda?
4. What does the author mean when he refers to the domination of the mental universe of the colonized?
5. How does the author describe the peasant's relationship to language in Chapter 1, Part VII?
6. What role did song and dance have in the original production of Ngaahika Ndeenda?
7. What are the main characters anticipating in the opening of Ngaahika Ndeenda?
8. How does the author describe the significance of land in Kenya?
9. Who is David Diop and what was his perspective on language?
10. What are the two main strands of the petty-bourgeoisie in Africa that the author describes in Chapter 1, Part VI?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the author's decision to begin writing his works solely in Gĩkũyũ or Swahili. When did he make this decision? What led him to make this decision? What works has he written in his native tongues?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the relationships between human experience, culture, and perceptions of reality. What role does language play as a means of communication and as a carrier of culture? What are the different subcategories of language as a means of communication and as a carrier of culture? How are culture and communication related to one another?
Essay Topic 3
What is the African bourgeoisie? How many different threads comprise this social class? What are these threads? Where does the author fall among the classes of Africa?
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