Trivia
This landlocked country changed its name to Eswatini.
What is Swaziland?
In 2024, OU officially left the BIG 12 to join this conference.
What is SEC ?
This system of racial segregation was official policy in South Africa from 1948 to the early 1990s.
What is Apartheid?
This dried, spiced meat snack, cured and air dried, is a beloved snack across South Africa, Namibia and beyond.
What is Biltong?
This is the streaming app where ASAS keeps a playlist open to our members of favourite tunes, ready to hit shuffle any time
What is Spotify?
This River forms much of the border between South Africa and Zimbabwe.
What is the Zambezi ?
This office at OU, handles financial aid, billing, and related student support.
What is Student Financial Center?
This massive stone-walled city, built without mortar between the 11th and 15th centuries, gave modern Zimbabwe its name and appears on its flag.
What is Great Zimbabwe?
This fruit, native to southern Africa, is known for its yellow-green flesh and is used to make traditional beverages and products such as Amarula liqueur.
What is marula?
This acapella group, famous for "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" and Paul Simon collaborations, popularized isicathamiya style.
What is "Ladysmith Black Mambazo"?
This country gained independence from Portugal on November 11, 1975 after a long colonial war.
What is Angola?
This year is the year that OU was founded
What is 1890?
This Cold War era conflict pitted Mozambique's Frelimo government against the Renamo Insurgency, fueled by outside backing from Rhodesia and later apartheid South Africa.
What is the Mozambican Civil War?
This Mozambican dish of spicy grilled chicken is typically marinated with chili peppers, garlic, lemon, and other seasonings?
What is piri-piri chcken?
This legendary Zimbabwean musician known for his 'Tuku music' style blending Shona traditional rhythms with jazz, soul and many more genres, releasing over 60 albums before his death in 2019.
Who is Oliver Mtukudzi?
Roughly 70% of this nations land is covered by the Kalahari Desert.
What is Botswana?
OU's fight song "Boomer Sooner" written by Arthur M. Alden was borrowed from this universities own fight song called "Boola Boola."
What is Yale University?
This Xhosa born leader became South Africa's first black president in 1994.
What is Nelson Mandela?
This Botswanan delicacy is made from pounded beef and is often dried or preserved.
What is seswaa?
This upbeat Angolan dance genre, driven by fast electronic beats and popularized by artists like Tony Amado in the 1980s, later spread across Portugese-speaking Africa and Europe.
What is Kuduro?
This country, split by the Caprivi Strip was administerd by South Africa for decades before independence in 1990.
What is Namibia?
Between the years of 1915 to 1928, OU was home to a different mascot than our beloved Boomer and Sooner, a canine, and he had a name.
What is Mex the Dog?
Originally named for a Portuguese explorer, this capital city was originally called Lourenço Marques before being renamed in 1976.
What is Maputo?
This Madagascar specialty is a meat-and-rice dish whose name literally refers to rice cooked with a meat accompaniment.
What is Romazava?
This youth-driven Malawian music festival showcases emerging local talent across genres like Afrobeat, Gospel, and hip-hop, giving new artists their first big stage.
What is the Blantyre Arts Festival?