Africa
How many countries are there in Africa?
54
"kente cloth worn over low-waisted jeans" and "London meets Lagos meets Durban meets Dakar"
Hybridity
What genre is Bye Bye Babar? A story, an essay, a short story, an article or something else?
An essay
Which language is spoken the most in the continent of Africa?
Swahili
The author uses this term to describe the young African diaspora characterized by their cosmopolitan upbringing and global influences
Afropolitan
Taiye Selasi
What is the most dangerous animal in Africa?
Mosquitos
The description of African immigrants as "pharmacists, physicists, physicians" followed by caricatures like the "Nigerian physics professor with faux-Coogi sweater" critiques this fixed, oversimplified belief about people.
Stereotype
What is the message of Bye Bye Babar?
Changing the stereotypes and spreading awareness
Which countries were not colonised?
Ethiopia and Liberia
When discussing young Africans who "belong to no single geography, but feel at home in many," this term captures their scattered existence across the globe.
Diaspora
How many highly skilled africans left the continent to the West, in the period 1960-1975?
27000 people
What is the name of the current Nigerian president?
Bola Ahmed Tinubu
The text grapples with feelings of being "lost in transnation," as the Afropolitan navigates their identity amid conflicting cultural influences. This experience aligns closely with this term describing the sense of being disconnected or estranged.
Alienation
What setting does the essay start in?
Thursday night at Medicin Bar in London