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This Nigerian novelist wrote Half of a Yellow Sun.
Who is Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie?
This is the most populous country in Africa.
What is Nigeria?
First Black president of South Africa after apartheid.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
This is the most widely spoken language in Africa.
What is Arabic?
Nigerian artist behind “Daddy Yo.”
Who is Wizkid?
This Kenyan environmental activist won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004.
Who is Wangari Maathai?
This country is famous for its pyramids and the Nile River.
What is Egypt?
First president of Ghana and a leader of Pan-Africanism.
Who is Kwame Nkrumah?
This language is widely spoken in East Africa.
What is Swahili?
South African comedian and former host of The Daily Show.
Who is Trevor Noah?
This Egyptian queen was the last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom.
Who is Cleopatra?
This East African country is known for long-distance runners.
What is Kenya?
This Ethiopian emperor is associated with Rastafarianism.
Who is Haile Selassie?
This West African country has the best jollof rice.
What is Senegal?
Who is Tyla.
This South African singer and activist was known as “Mama Africa” and sang the song Pata-pata.
Who is Miriam Makeba?
This country has three capital cities.
What is South Africa?
This Zimbabwean leader ruled for nearly 40 years.
Who is Robert Mugabe?
This music genre originated in Nigeria and is now global.
What is Afrobeats?
This African American author wrote Beloved.
Who is Toni Morrison?
This South African activist shared a Nobel Peace Prize for her fight against apartheid.
Who is Winnie Mandela?
This landlocked country was formerly known as Abyssinia.
What is Ethiopia?
This Libyan leader ruled until 2011.
Who is Muammar Gaddafi?
This music genre originated in South Africa and is now global.
What is Amapiano?
Nigerian global superstar whose breakout song was called “Dumebi.”
Who is Rema?