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JAMB Literature in English 2000 Question 28

Question 28

African Poetry

The dominant images in Niyi Osundare's 'They Too are the Earth' are

  1. A.disease, illness and death
  2. B.aristocracy, affluence and wealth
  3. C.poverty, suffering and the downtrodden
  4. D.greed, aristocracy and the ambitious
Show the answer and explanation

Answer: C (poverty, suffering and the downtrodden)

Explanation

Osundare writes about the poor and forgotten people who build society yet live in want, so the images are of poverty and suffering.