JAMB Literature in English 1989 Question 19

Question 19

African Poetry

'... and we learn to sing half familiar half strange songs. We learn to dance to half familiar half strange rhythms...'

  1. A.songs compositional complexity
  2. B.singers' weakness of perception
  3. C.singers' cultural problems
  4. D.singers' innate stupidity.
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Answer: C (singers' cultural problems)

Explanation

Songs and dances that are half familiar and half strange show people caught between two cultures.