Packet F: Tossup 20

In a novel from this country, a writer first encounters the lost novel The Labyrinth of Inhumanity after sleeping with an older acclaimed author he calls the “Spider-Mother.” That novel from this country was influenced by Roberto Bolaño, (-5[1])draws from the Yambo Ouologuem (“wo-lo-GHEM”) plagiarism scandal, and is titled The Most Secret Memory of (10[1])Men. (10[1])In a novel from (10[1])this country, a woman undergoes forty days of solitude after her polygamous husband (-5[1])Modou (-5[1])dies from a heart attack. (10[1])An author from this country wrote an epistolary novel (10[2])in which (10[2])Ramatoulaye (10[3])(“rah-mah-too-LYE”) writes (10[1])to her (10[1])friend Aissatou (“eye-sah-TOO”) after becoming widowed; (-5[1])that novel is (10[1])So Long (10[1])a Letter. (10[2]-5[1])In 1960, (10[1])the Négritude (10[2])poet of (10[3])“Black (10[1])Woman” (10[1])became this country’s (10[1])first president. (10[4])For (10[1])10 (10[1])points, (10[2])name (10[1])this home country of Mohamed (10[1])Mbougar (10[1])Sarr, Mariama Bâ, and Leopold Senghor. (10[2])■END■ (10[8]0[10])

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