Reading Section 7C

There are a large number of manuscripts from Timbuktu
about various 1) _______________ subjects and some Swahili text dealing with religious themes.

It wasn’t until the 2) ____________ period that African authors started to write in European
languages.

In the 20th Century the first English-language African novels and 3) __________ were
published.

These dealt with African cultural and political themes, such as tribalism and colonialism,
but later in the colonial period showed themes of 4) __________ and independence.

Literature from after the colonial era often deals with 5) ___________ as recurring themes, such as
the clash between past and present, traditional and modern, indigenous and foreign, individualism
and community, and between socialism and capitalism.

Other writer have notably dealt with social
issues such as corruption, wealth disparity and women’s 6)____________ .