Popular Culture
Before and After (Black/African History)
Food
Politics
Geography
100
By what name is the largest film industry in Africa commonly referred to? (Hint: It's located in Lagos, Nigeria)
Nollywood
100
What year did Ghana receive its independence?
1957
100
This is a very well-known dish in Ghana, Nigeria and Liberia. What is this dish called?
Fufu
100
For how long was Nelson Mandela incarcerated?
27 years
100
How many countries are in the African continent?
54 (According to the UN)
200
Name the last club team Dider Drogba has played for from, 2004-2012
Chelsea
200
What college did Barack Obama attend? What was his major? (x2)
Columbia University; Political Science with a specialty in international studies
200
This pepper smothered meat on a stick is particularly popular in Nigeria:
Suya
200
In what country can 17-year-olds vote, but it does not count?
Sudan
200
Where is the most populous city in africa?
Egypt
400
Who was the male actor that played in the African version Beyonce?
Van Vicker
400
Which author became the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature. (Hint: Her resume includes "Sula" and "The Bluest Eye")?
Toni Morrison
400
In what country did Jollof Rice originate in?
Senegal
400
There were two African countries that were never colonized. Liberia and _________?
Ethiopia
400
What is the name of the longest river in West Africa?
Nile River
800
Name?
Artist?
Finish The Lyric: "Mama _____ ____, Your mama _____ ____ ____, and you're _________ ___, I want to ____ ___."
Mama
Mayorkun
"Mama born you, Your mama born you well, and you're beautiful too, I want to hold you."
800
This country on the Atlantic coast is Africa's most populous:
Nigeria
800
A term coined by Black pastors in the 1920's, in reference to their "fiery" Sermons, now the General term for cuisine of African Americans in the Deep South
Soul Food
800
Who was one of the worst African dictators of all time?
Charles Taylor
800
Where in Africa does it snow usually?
Tanzania
1600
Who is this famous Nigerian Actress? (Bonus: First, Last, & Nickname)
Patience Ozokwor; Mama G
1600
In the period of time that was the Dark and Middle Ages in Europe, Great Trading Kingdoms arose in West Africa. The primary products traded by the caravans that traversed the Sahara were:
Salt and Gold
1600
The major food export in Ethiopia is?
Coffee
1600
Name 2 reasons, aside from spreading Christianity, why the Europeans wanted to colonize Africa.
Gain natural resources to fuel, open new markets for goods, power, prestige
1600
What is the capital of Madagascar?
Atananarivo