Question
In an adaptation of this play, Governor Carter Ross tries to stop the title character's interracial marriage, which is halted by his arrival with a corpse. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this play reworked into an "African" adaptation by Femi Osofisan. Kamau Brathwaite's play Odale's Choice changes this play's setting to Africa.
ANSWER: Antigone [accept Tegonni: An African Antigone; prompt on Tegonni]
[10e] This other Sophocles title character is reimagined as Odewale in Ola Rotimi's The Gods Are Not to Blame, in which he unknowingly marries his mother Ojuola.
ANSWER: Oedipus [accept Oedipus Rex, Oedipus Tyrannus, or Oedipus the King]
[10m] Congolese author Sylvain Bemba wrote an adaptation of Antigone titled for wedding candles with this title characteristic. A pioneering Nigerian literary magazine named after Orpheus with this characteristic was named after a 1948 Sartre ("sart") essay.
ANSWER: black [or noir; accept Black Orpheus or Orphée Noir; accept Black Wedding Candles for Blessed Antigone; prompt on posthumous or Noces Posthumes de Santigone]
<Literature - World Literature - Drama>
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Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 PACE NSC | 06/07/2025 | Y | 36 | 16.94 | 100% | 44% | 25% |