African Perspectives
examines current issues in Africa and celebrates African
music and culture. The series also focuses on Africans
living in Georgia and the Southeast and provides information
about African-related activities on the University of
Georgia campus. Host Akinloye Ojo is a native of Nigeria
and a Ph.D. candidate in linguistics at UGA.
AP @ 10 AFRICAN TRIVIA CONTEST
One of the activities celebrating the 10th anniversary of the African
Perspectives show is the AP @10 African Trivia contest. We hope our
listeners will participate in the contest that will run from today, Monday,
November 5 through Monday, November 26. Winners for the contest will be announced on the show on December 5, 2008. All entries for the contest must be submitted via email to akinloye@uga.edu. The first received entry with all the correct answers will be the declared winner. The winner will receive a 2-CD African music set. Two runner ups will also be selected from the next received entries with the most correct answers and they will each receive a single CD of African music.
The five questions for the AP @ 10 trivia contest are the following:
1. Name the French colony that gained independence in 1960 and changed its name to Benin Republic in 1976.
2. In 1984, the late Captain Thomas Sankara changed his country's name
to Burkina Faso. What was the previous name of the country?
3. Between 1971 and 1997, what was the name by which the Democratic
Republic of Congo was known?
4. What country, formerly known as Portuguese Guinea, is one of the
smallest nations on the West African coast as well as on the African
continent?
5. This African country gained its independence from the British about
50 years ago and due to the large deposits of gold was known as the Gold
Coast.
To submit your contest entries and for more details on the trivial contest,
please send a message to us at akinloye@uga.edu. |
