JAMB Literature in English 1979 Question 45

Question 45

Other Set Texts: African Prose

Peter Abraham's Mine Boy is about one of the following:

  1. A.oppression through labour
  2. B.the dignity of labour
  3. C.happy childhood
  4. D.conflict of culture
  5. E.none of the above.
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Answer: D (conflict of culture)

Explanation

Xuma, a man from the country, struggles with city ways and a racially divided society: a clash of ways of life.