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The premiere of which play led to the arrest of both authors and the closure of the theater center
in which it was staged? - ANS I Will Marry When I'm Ready
In "Myth, Literature and the African World", who does Soyinka identity as the first actor? - ANS
Ogun
The Kenyan National Theatre has historically been a place for all residents of Nairobi to engage
in theatre and is made accessible to all by the low ticket prices. - ANS False
This Nobel Prize-winning dramatist had to flee Nigeria and critiqued colonialism and racism in
his work. - ANS Wole Soyinka
Which of the following performance traditions most reflects colonial influences as European
spirits possess African practitioners causing them to behave like colonial administrators and
soldiers? - ANS hauka
This dramatist wrote plays about apartheid in South Africa, often in collaboration with black
actors, which violated government bans on race mixing. - ANS Athol Fugard
Wole Soyinka's most famous play was written in 1975 and is titled - ANS Death and the
King's Horseman
Which of the following best describes apartheid? - ANS South Africa's official policy of
racial separation
Which playwright won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1986? - ANS Wole Soyinka
Which of the following forms was largely improvisational, involved social satire, and incorporated
Bantu music traditions blended with modern jazz? - ANS township musicals
Beryl McBurnie - ANS dancer
Derek Walcott - ANS Dream on Monkey Mountain
Mustapha Matura - ANS Play Mas