Question 19
African PoetryFrom Christopher Okigbo's 'Idoto'
In the above lines from Christopher Okigbo's 'Idoto', the speaker is a 'prodigal' because he
- A.has wasted all his mother's money
- B.is repentant over his plan to waste all his mother's money
- C.has come back to worship the goddess which he had neglected
- D.has been caught desecrating the shrine of the goddess.
Show the answer and explanation
Answer: C (has come back to worship the goddess which he had neglected)
Explanation
Like the prodigal son, the poet returns to the faith of his ancestors that he had abandoned.