Statues and Sculptures
This statue has the body of a lion and the head of a human, and it is located in Giza, Egypt
What is the Sphinx
Mount Kilimanjaro, the tallest mountain in Africa, is located in this country
What is Tanzania
This is the most widely read book in modern African literature
What is Things Fall Apart
Ankara or Dutch wax was originally manufactured by this group of people
Who is the Dutch
The Big Pineapple is located in this country
What is South Africa
Although not the oldest, this is the most prevalent material used in sculpture making
What is wood
Of the Seven Wonders of the World, this landmark remains relatively intact
What is the Great Pyramid of Giza
Americanah and Half of a Yellow Sun was written by this person
Who is Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
This is a loose fitting pull-over unisex shirt that is characterized by an embroidered V-shaped collar and comes in different lengths and colors
What is Dashiki
This looks like something you can wear but is actually a small museum is South Africa
What is “The Shoe” (aka the shoe house)
At 49m high on top of a 100 m hill, this statue is the tallest in all of Africa
What is the African Renaissance Monument (in Dakar)
Victoria Falls is named after this famous person
Who is Queen Victoria of England
Author Leila Aboulela is from this country
What is Sudan
The kente cloth is most common in this country
What is Ghana
Lip stretching is popular among the Surma tribe found in these two countries
What are Sudan and Ethiopia
These types of sculptures were used to carve a chief’s or king’s scepter or pendant masks
What are ivory sculptures
This is Africa’s largest mosque
What is the Great Mosque of Algiers
This book from South African writer Cynthia Nozizwe Jele has been made into a motion picture
What is Happiness is a Four-Letter Word
This is a long, usually white, kaftan with long sleeves worn by Swahili men
What is a Kanzu
The Chewa’s Festival of the Dead in Malawi have meals prepared with water squeezed out from this
What is dead body
Queen Moremi is regarded by this tribe as the epitome of selflessness, bravery, and widom
What is the Yoruba tribe
This Nile River has two sources of water: the White Nile from Tanzania and the Blue Nile from this country
What is Ethiopia
The name of this novel was influenced by an album of Nigerian musician Fela Kuti
What is Beast of No Nation
The Herero women of this country have adapted the Victorian dress of their German settlers that consist of a cowhorn-shaped hat
what is Namibia
Rather than saying hello, the Massai tribe found in Kenya and Tanzania does this as a way of greeting
What is spitting