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JAMB Literature in English 2007 Question 19

Question 19

Other Set Texts: African Prose

In Ayi Kwei Armah's Fragments, the outdooring ceremony of Araba's child, fixed for the fifth day after his birth, is opposed to by Naana because the child

  1. A.is still in the custody of the spirits
  2. B.makes the spirits angry
  3. C.is reincarnated in the father
  4. D.needs the uncle's support.
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Answer: A (is still in the custody of the spirits)

Explanation

By tradition a baby is outdoored on the eighth day; Naana believes that before then the child still belongs to the spirit world, so bringing it out early is dangerous.