JAMB Literature in English 2025 Question 27

Question 27

Other Set Texts: African Prose

Question 27 is based on Buchi Emecheta's Second Class Citizen. The novel is an expose of the

  1. A.pre-eminent position of boys in Igboland
  2. B.experiences of Adah's mother in the police cell
  3. C.travails of the girl-child
  4. D.marriage customs of the Igbo.
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Answer: C (travails of the girl-child)

Explanation

The novel follows Adah's struggle, as an undervalued girl and then a wife, to get an education and live her own life: the travails of the girl-child.