APRIL/MAY 2019

MMEN 13 –ELECTIVE (INTERNAL)

Time: Three hours Maximum :75 marks

SECTION A – (10 × 2 = 20 marks)

Answer ALL questions.
1. Who is the father of Pan Africanism and what is the main
goal of the movement?
2. Differentiate between race and racism?
3. What are the features of Negritude?
4. Who was the first African –American female poet and
was her role in the Revolutionary War?
5. What themes are dealt in the novel Americanah?
6. Mention the name of Ifemelu’s blog?
7. Who is Aunt Uju?
8. Why was Roots a fitting name for the title of the book?
9. Who is Kunta and what tribe does he belong to?
10. What role does Bell play in the novel?

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 b) How does white and enslaved black conceptions of
SECTION B—(5 × 5 = 25 marks) freedom differ?
Answer ALL questions
11. a) Write a note on the Slave narratives. SECTION C-- (3 × 10 = 30 marks)

Or Answer any THREE questions.

b) State the main objectives of the Harlem Renaissance. 16. Analyse how Americanah focusses on the African

12. a) Why does Ifemelu decide to go back to Nigeria after 13 immigrants and their racial problems?

years? 17. Why do you think Adichie chose Americanah as the title

Or of the novel? Is the title a judgement of Ifemelu?

b) How does the theme Identity play a pivotal role in the novel 18. In Roots, how are African values and cultural beliefs

Americanah? instrumental in Kunta Kinte’s survival in America?

13. a)Discuss hair as a metaphor and symbol in Americanah? 19. Write an essay on the Narrative memory and Identity in

Or Alex Haley’s Roots?

b) Describe the narrative point of view in Americanah.From 20. What might be the long term effects on the institution of

what perspective is the story related? slavery in America based on your reading in Roots?

14. a)What are the major themes of Roots by Alex Haley? -------------------

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b) How does Kunta compromise some of his African Identity
in order to eventually assimilate?
15. a) How do oral histories impact the trajectory of the narrative
in Haley’s Roots?
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