African Literature

It is literature that is recorded through text may it be Arabic or Phoenetic. It encompasses a wide range of works, including novels, plays, and essays.

The most widely known piece of African Literature

What are Shairi Poems?

• Religious Poems

• Poems for protest

• Non-religious poems

• Poems for peace

Which African author earned Nobel Prize for literature in 1986 and is the most famous and versatile playwright?

• Lebron James

• Chinua Achebe

• Amos Tutuola

• Wole Soyinka

Which type of world literature refers to the body of work written by African writers, both fiction and non-fiction, which explore and reflect the social, cultural, and political experiences of Africa and its people?

• Asian Literature

• European Literature

• African Literature

• Philippine Literature

The following are among the examples of oral literature EXCEPT:

• Myths

• Poems

• Riddles

• Novellas

It is written literature about the people’s longings for Africa and their anger toward losing their national identity. It is a celebration of their blackness and the African traditions.

• Negritude

• Black History Month

• Africanity

• Black Lives Matter Movement

The following are Western Languages that are integrated into African Literature EXCEPT:

• English

• Spanish

• Portuguese

• French

Two most used languages in African Literature

• Huasa

• French

• Swahili

• Yoruba

He is the author of the most widely known piece of African Literature

• Amos Tutuola
• Chinua Achebe

• Barack Obama

• Uvuvwevwevwe Onyetenyevwe
  Ugwemuhwem Ossas