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Meet African Writers

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Africans have creative minds too. They have often tried their lack at writing fiction books. There are many African writers known all over the world for their fictional paperbacks.

How well do you know these African writers? Have you ever come over them? How did you find their work? Did you encounter many original African words? Some of those are what you cannot get an appropriate English translation for them. That is how hard it is to write a second language.

Here is a quiz on African writers. See how much you can score here. Let us all attempt this. Bon voyage.

  • Question of

    Which of the following books was not written by China Achebe?

    • Things Fall Apart
    • A Man Of The People
    • No Longer At Ease
    • The Famished Road
  • Question of

    Which of These Books was written by Elechi Amadi

    • The Concubine
    • Cry The Beloved Country
    • Disgrace
    • Ghana must go
  • Question of

    Who wrote ‘The Fisherman?

    • Ngugi Wa Thiong’o
    • Chinua Achebe
    • Francis Imbuga
    • Chigozie Obioma
  • Question of

    Ngugi wa Thiong’o also wrote.

    • Under The Udala Tree
    • The Fisherman
    • Petals Of Blood
    • Arrow Of God
  • Question of

    Mine Boy was not written by Peter Abraham’s. Is it true?

    • Yes
    • No
    • I do not know
  • Question of

    Which book is credit for Buchi Echimeta?

    • Wizard of the Crow
    • On The Road
    • Ebvu My Love
    • The Joys Of Motherhood
  • Question of

    The River Between is by…

    • Ngugi wa Thiong’o
    • Chinua Achebe
    • Peter Abrahams
    • Wole Soyinka

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