JAMB Literature in English 1980 Question 22

Question 22

Other Set Texts: African Prose

In Mine Boy Peter Abrahams is of the view that apartheid would cease to exist in South Africa if

  1. A.the blacks forced out the whites
  2. B.the whites packed their bags and went away peacefully
  3. C.the whites became more generous and gentle to the blacks
  4. D.black and white stopped regarding people primarily by the colour of the skin
  5. E.unequal treatment of black and white at the mines was discontinued.
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Answer: D (black and white stopped regarding people primarily by the colour of the skin)

Explanation

Paddy teaches Xuma to be "a man first" and not to see people by colour.