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296

'Let me listen in the smoky hut where there comes a glimpse of the friendly spirits
My head on your bosom warm like a dang smoking from the fire'.

The dang in the verse from 'Nuit de Sine' refers to

  • A. wheels of spining cotton into yarn
  • B. sea weed, full of salt
  • C. a wolof word for granulated flour meal, known also as couscous
  • D. a Northern Uganda local brew, usually strong and meant for men
  • E. a kind of narcotic or stimulant.
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297

What feeling dominates J.P Clark''s ''Song''?

  • A. Joy
  • B. Optimism
  • C. Cynicism
  • D. Grief
  • E. Uncertainty.
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298

'Nkosi Sikekela' in Brutus' 'After Exile', refers to a

  • A. general in the Zulu army
  • B. Zulu song used as national anthem by Africans south of Zanbezi
  • C. soldier in the Zulu army
  • D. Zulu poem
  • E. Zulu poet
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299

The speaker in 'When a Strainer Takes in Water invokes a series of natural impossibilities in order to

  • A. to display bhis magical powers as a traditional priest
  • B. show the poetic beauty of incantatory songs
  • C. show the marvel about natural objects
  • D. practise witchcraft on his enemies
  • E. psychologically and magically disarm his enemies.
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300

'We sang the song before in the thousand seasons of good harvest and full fish following our fathers' footprints on the long shores.'
The most obvious sound device in these lines from Kofi Awoonor's 'More messenger' is

  • A. onomatopoeia
  • B. repetition
  • C. assonance
  • D. alliteration
  • E. consonance
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