Observation

Many candidates attempted this question. However, many of them wrote more of the summary of the text without mentioning the relevance of the market to the development of the plot.

The required answers should include:

• Background of Agbogbloshie Market.


• Deprivation as a root cause for forcing people especially children out of their homes.


• Deprivation of basic amenities within the market itself.


• Misery the characters are put through by exploitation, suffering, hunger, poverty and bullying.


• Decadence of the characters mentally, morally and physically.


• Unchecked lawlessness even in the presence of law enforcement officers.


• A business centre for traders and buyers of all kinds. Particularly, it is the place where Kabria encounters Fofo, which leads to Fofo’s rehabilitation and the resolution of mystery surrounding Baby T’s death.

Candidates’ performance in this question was fair.