Question 4
BAYO ADEBOWALE: Lonely Days
Comment on Yaremi as a strong-willed character.
Observation
This was a popular question. Many candidates were able to make references to the text on Yaremi’s strength and character in a chauvinistic society.
The required answers should include:
- Ajumobi, Yaremi’s husband dies and leaves her to bear the challenges of life alone.
- Yaremi gets herself engaged in five different works to occupy herself and fill this vacuum.
- She scornfully dismisses overtures from contending suitors at the cap-picking ceremony.
- When banished for walking out during the cap-picking ceremony, Yaremi refuses to be moved out of the community.
Candidates’ performance in this question was good.