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JAMB Literature in English 2008 Question 19

Question 19

Other Set Texts: African Prose

In Buchi Emecheta's The Joys of Motherhood, Nnaife's conscription into the army is portrayed as part of

  1. A.family conflict
  2. B.British oppression
  3. C.family tradition
  4. D.societal intrigue.
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Answer: B (British oppression)

Explanation

Nnaife is taken by force to fight in Britain's war, which Emecheta shows as one of the ways colonial rule oppressed ordinary Nigerians.