Question 3
BAYO ADEBOWALE: Lonely Days
Examine the attitude of the people of Kufi towards death in the novel.
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.