Literature-In-English Paper 2 WASSCE (PC 2ND), 2018

    Question 3                              

    BAYO ADEBOWALE: Lonely Days

    Examine the attitude of the people of Kufi towards death in the novel.



Observation

This was a popular question. However, many candidates delved mainly and extensively on the harsh treatments meted out on the widows at the death of their husband. Only a few of them recognised that the Kufi people recognised and categorized death with good or bad.

The required answers should include:

  • The people’s attitude to death based on their cultural beliefs.
  • Categories of death in Kufi: good and bad.
  • Suspicion surrounding death.
  • Death as a transition from the physical to the spiritual.
  • The dead offer a helping hand.

 

Candidates’ performance in this question was fair.