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Africa my Africa of proud warriors in ancestral savannahs.
I have never known you
but your blood flows in my vein
Your beautiful black blood that irrigates
the field...

David Diop, 'Africa'
In the lines above, Diop uses

  • A. onomatopoeia
  • B. metaphor
  • C. personification
  • D. simile
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The figure of speech in which a character makes a statement that has or would have deep and serious implication in the play is

  • A. dramatic irony
  • B. aside
  • C. textual contrast
  • D. euphemism
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These question are based on selected poems from Ker, D.et al (eds.)New poetry from Africa; Soyinka, (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu K.E. and Vincent, T.(eds.): A Selection of African poetry;Umukoro, M et al (eds.): Exam focus:Literature in English: Eruvbetine, A.E.et al (eds): Longman Examination Guide and Nwoga, D.I. (eds.): West African Verse.

In Kunene's A heritage of liberation, the poet persona requests that the weapon of warfare be handed to their

  • A. relations
  • B. grand children
  • C. families
  • D. friends
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These question are based on selected poems from Ker, D.et al (eds.)New poetry from Africa; Soyinka, (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu K.E. and Vincent, T.(eds.): A Selection of African poetry;Umukoro, M et al (eds.): Exam focus:Literature in English: Eruvbetine, A.E.et al (eds): Longman Examination Guide and Nwoga, D.I. (eds.): West African Verse.

The predominant device in Launko's End of war is

  • A. antithesis
  • B. oxymoron
  • C. paradox
  • D. onomatopoeia
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These question are based on selected poems from Ker, D.et al (eds.)New poetry from Africa; Soyinka, (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu K.E. and Vincent, T.(eds.): A Selection of African poetry;Umukoro, M et al (eds.): Exam focus:Literature in English: Eruvbetine, A.E.et al (eds): Longman Examination Guide and Nwoga, D.I. (eds.): West African Verse.

The theme of the poem "Give Me The Minstrel's Seat" centres on

  • A. fortune
  • B. marriage
  • C. companionship
  • D. divorce
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