Q and A: Kongi's Harvest by Wole Soyinka

Question

Wole Soyinka dramatized _____ in the play Kongi's Harvest

Answer

The growth and development of political tyranny (option D)

Explanation

Kongi in the drama "Kongi's Harvest" was a wicked and selfish ruler. "There is a heavy, somber and pessimistic mood as the play begins. The king is endangered. 

The omniscience in the narration depicts that nothing good will come out of Kongi's leadership over the land of Isma. According to the Superintendent, one of Kongi's right-hand men, Danlola's supporters have been gathering to desecrate the national anthem of the land. 

Consequently, Sarumi and Danlola are in detention" [Click Here to Read The Whole Summary of Kongi's Harvest by Wole Soyinka]

The Author

Professor Wole Soyinka is more than a global icon but an immortal living among the mortals. This Abeokuta man is everything anyone wants to achieve via literature. 

Wole Soyinka (the author of The Lion and the Jewel plus plenty other books) was born 13th of July in the year 1934. In 1986, he received the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Samuel C. Enunwa aka samueldpoetry
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Q and A: Nausea by Jean Paul Sartre

The Excerpt

"There is something new, for example, about my hands, a certain way of picking up my pipe or my fork. 

Or else it is the fork which now has a certain way of getting itself picked up, I don't know. Just now, when I was on the point of coming into my room, I stopped short because I felt in my hand a cold object which attracted my attention by means of a sort of personality. 

I opened my hand and looked I was simply holding the door knob"

The Question

The style of writing in the Excerpt from Nausea by Jean Paul Sartre is _________

The Answer

Introspective (option A)

The Explanation

Introspective involves the practice of self-consciousness. The author employed the style to portray Antoine's condition of depression by showing how he examined himself most especially his new feelings towards holding or handling things.

The Novel

Nausea is a novel about a character named Antoine Roquentin living in Bouville for three years (he was a loner). As the story unfolded, he developed chronic side of nausea as a result of heavy daily burden and tasks to be accomplished.

The Author

Jean Paul Sartre who lived between 21st June, 1905 and 15th April, 1980 was one of those with Nobel Prize for Literature; an award he received in the year 1964. 

J. P. Sartre was born in Paris, France and grew up to become a writer, a politician and a philosopher among other things.

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Q and A: End of War by Okinba Launko

                              End of War by Okinba Launko

Question

The casualties in Launko's End of War are ____

Answer

Men (Option C)

Explanation

The poem is similar to the poem title The Dining Table by Gbanabom Hallowell. In the poem "End of War" by Okinba Launko, line 4 and 5 of the poem are prove that men are truly the casualties; the lines stated "the silence of the battlefield/ heralds the widow's anguish".

The men that went to war die leaving their wives to suffer the pain and aftermath of war which happens to be a lasting widowhood. [click here to listen to the audio]

Judging by the title of the poem, its subject matter is war and and its effects.

"Okinba Launko is a pen name of the playwright and poet, Femi Osofisan (Winner of the Folon-Nichols Award) He has been honoured with awards and appointments for his lifetime achievements", says description at todara online bookstore.

Enunwa Chukwudinma S.
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Q and A: Give Me The Minstrel's Seat

Question

Give Me The Minstrel's Seat ends on a clarion call for ______

Answer

Rectitude (Option C)

Explanation

The final line of the poem "Give Me The Minstrel's Seat" goes thus:
"Better a loin-cloth without disgrace than d fine-flowered shawl of shame".

Above line referred to moral choice of judgement or action in any arising situation. 

On the other hand, rectitude can be defined as the righteousness of principle or practice; exact conformity to truth or to the rules prescribed for moral conduct either by divine or human laws. 

Therefore the word "Rectitude" best represented the line.

Give Me The Minstrel's Seat is not associated to any particular poet because it is a traditional poem. 

Traditional poems are oral form of poetry passed from generations to generations. Give Me The Minstrel's Seat addressed the subjects of companionship, unity, friendship, morality; are parts of elements that enhances peaceful coexistence within any given society.

Enunwa Chukwudinma S.
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Q and A: The Joys of Motherhood by Buchi Emecheta

Question:

As a symbol marital success and fulfillment, Ibuza community places a lot of importance on ______

(Option A) Childbirth

Explanation:

As a novel that typifies the Igbo African tradition, infertility and harshness is a huge subject that mostly develops stigmatization and segregation; therefore, a woman is incomplete without child.

In The Joys of Motherhood by Buchi Emecheta, the women of Ibuza community were seen shouldering the heavy necessity of motherhood at all cost.

[ALSO READ:- My Mother In Her 90s by Ama Ata Aidoo]

The Joys of Motherhood is a feminist novel written by Buchi Emecheta, a Nigerian author born 21st of July, 1944. Before her death in the year 2017, she has had many novels to her name; such as The Bride Price.

Samuel C. Enunwa aka samueldpoetry
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