WAEC Literature in English 2003 Question 7

Question 7

Literary History

One of the following is not an African poet

  1. A.Lenrie Peters
  2. B.Thomas Gray
  3. C.J. P. Clark
  4. D.Syl Cheney-Coker
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Answer: B (Thomas Gray)

Explanation

Thomas Gray, author of 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard', was English. Lenrie Peters (Gambia), J. P. Clark (Nigeria) and Syl Cheney-Coker (Sierra Leone) are African poets.