Packet 4: Tossup 20

In a story by this author, a soccer goalie dies of a snakebite while his teacher Chicha obsesses over the messy public divorce proceedings of his mother. In a play by this author, a chorus consisting of an old man and woman are collectively known as “The-Mouth-That-Eats-Salt-and-Pepper.” (10[4])After dining (10[1])with an ambassador, a character created by this author bristles at hearing a mother and daughter call her “das schwartze mädchen” (“dass SHVART-suh MAID-shin”) at a train station. This author wrote a play in which the title character drowns herself after her slave-owning husband shoots himself over their inability to have children. (-5[1])This (-5[1])Secretary of Education under Jerry Rawlings wrote the play Anowa (10[1])and created the ex-pat Sissie, who writes scathing letters about (10[1])white Brits and Germans while abroad. For 10 points, name this Ghanaian author (10[1])of the novel (10[2])Our Sister (10[1])Killjoy. (10[1]-5[1])■END■ (10[5]0[8])

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