
Multiple Choice Questions and Answers on Ayi Kwei Armah’s “The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born”
‘Cheer!’ said Koomson. He looked ready to add something as he raised his glass, but the high voice of his wife cut the air to pieces.
‘Cheer!’ said Koomson. He looked ready to add something as he raised his glass, but the high voice of his wife cut the air to pieces.
The technique by which Soyinka creates the force at friction in The Lion and the Jewel makes for a spectacle of the characters that exemplify the antipodal qualities of heroism by way of reason and tact.
(9) Odewale shifts the blame for his tragedy from the gods to himself and claims that his tragedy is a result of his own weakness.
The central theme in Second Class Citizen is that women should
The immediate consequence of the publication of Sidi’s picture is to make her (b) feel more important than Baroka
Let Me Die Alone is a tragic play. It is concerned with betrayals, humiliations, murders, human sacrifices, suicide, and desperate quest for power.
At birth, the gods set a bad destiny for Odewale, one that implies that he will marry his mother when he kills his father.
Gbonka and Alaka are two significant characters in Ola Rotimi’s The Gods are not to Blame who contribute immensely to the plot development of the play.
The title beggars the question: if the gods are not to blame, then who is to blame?
The poem is predicated on love; it is surgical on the poet-persona’s heartfelt, and intelligent proposal to his lover who, by the virtue of some sociopolitical constraint of the era, must be convinced of the chemistry beyond reasonable doubts.
So, why do these students think Unexpected Joy at Dawn is somehow difficult to understand? What makes Unexpected Joy at Dawn distinct?
Beginning from the point of view of symbolism, “bird” is a natural symbol of freedom—quite a birth right. This kind of freedom is intrinsic
The first point of convergence between these two characters is their colour and social status in the American society. Both Bessie and Mrs Thomas are black and because they are black, they are poor.
In a nutshell, the relationship between Nii Kpakpo and Maa Tsuru is exploitive. Maa Tsuru is weak and wants security in Nii Kpakpo
Yaremi is a strong woman from Adeyipo village, married to Ajumobi, a man from Kufi village with whom she lives in Kufi.
In Lonely Days by Bayo Adebowale, Alani is the only son of Yaremi and Ajumobi. He works in the city of Ibadan as a carpenter where he has prospered in his own little way.
The underlying figurative implication of the poet expression and description of the bird, ‘bat’, strikes the reader as a discourse with a contemptuous note.
In Let Me Die Alone, the system the society is run by is designed for and by men. Senehun is a male-dominated society.
Gbanya is a remarkable character in John Kolosa Kargbo’s Let Me Die Alone. He is the chief of Senehun Village before the ascension of Yoko to the same throne.
Adah is the main character in Second Class Citizen. The novel is in fact her story from childhood to adulthood in a gender-biased society.
Lawyer Nweze, an epitome of foreign-bred educated Igbo elite, gives Adah, the novel’s protagonist heroine, a dream to hold on to and a life course to follow.
The apparent idea that runs through Agostinho Neto’s poem “The Grieved Lands of Africa” bears on two polar realities.
Both Mama Orojo and Ibuk are very good friends. There is a level of trust found in good friendship between these two.
Discuss the use of imagery alongside its symbolism in Maya Angelou’s “Caged Bird“. Angelou’s “Caged Bird” achieves a universal appeal by bearing prominently on visual Read More
Osundare first addresses the issues of bad leadership, leadership ineptitude, and gross misgovernance which have become the rallying cries for many short-changed African followers.
It is absolutely correct to say that there are two protagonists in Alex Agyei-Agyiri’s Unexpected Joy at Dawn. The two protagonists in the text are Nii Tackie and Mama Orojo.
Nii Tackie is Massa’s husband while Massa is Nii Tackie’s wife. There are several textual evidences to support this stance.
Ada faces a streak of adverse situations: from unsettled marriage to premature motherhood to a taxing bread winning responsibility as if it were a comeuppance of some sort.
Yoko’s ascension to chiefdom in John Kolosa Kargbo’s Let Me Die Alone is nothing short of drama, intriguing drama that keeps the audience transfixed, imbued with suspense.
The playwright provides ample examples of myths in the play and the significance of dream in the African world.
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