WAEC/NECO & JAMB Literature texts for 2022-2024 academic session
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The West African Examination Council, (WAEC), NECO and NABTEB publishes Selected and Harmonized Literature Texts / Books for Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations, (SSCE) For School and Private Candidates for 2021 – 2025 academic session.
Both SS1 students and Waec candidates are expected to read and study all the recommended texts before writing or taking any standard examinations in WAEC, NECO, etc.
Read Also: JAMB recommended Texts For Candidates
The WAEC/NECO/NABTEB Selected and Harmonized Literature Texts / Books contain the list of books which are recommended as a study guide for students intending to write their final examinations in senior secondary schools nationwide.
The approved texts cover the major aspect of literature. These include: African Prose, Non-African Prose, Shakespearean Text, African Drama, Non-African Drama, African Poetry and Non-African Poetry.
WAEC/NECO/NABTEB Literature Text / Books for 2021 – 2025 has been uploaded online and can be viewed below or downloaded in PDF.
WAEC, NECO, NABTEB and JAMB Approved Literature Texts for May/June (2021 – 2025)
AFRICAN PROSE
1. Second Class Citizen by Buchi Emecheta
2. Unexpected Joy at Dawn by Alex Agyei-Agyiri (2018 Edition)
NON-AFRICAN PROSE
3. Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
4. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
SHAKESPEAREAN TEXT
5. A Midsummer Night’s Dream
AFRICAN DRAMA
6. Let me Die Alone by John K. Kargbo
7. The Lion and the Jewel by Wole Soyinka
NON-AFRICAN DRAMA
7. Look Back in Anger by John Osborne
8. Fences by August Wilson
AFRICAN POETRY
Black Woman by Leopold Sedar Senghor
The Leader and the Led by Niyi Osundare
“The Grieved Lands of Africa” by Agostinho Neto
“The Song of the Women of my Land” by Oumar Farouk Sesay
“Raider of the Treasure Trove” by Lade Wosornu
“A Government Driver on his Retirement” by Onu Chibuike
NON-AFRICAN POETRY
“The Good-Morrow” by John Donne
“Caged Bird” by Maya Angelou
“The Journey of the Magi” by T.S. Eliot
“Do not Go Gentle into the Good Night” by Dylan Thomas
“Binsey Poplars (Felled 1879)” by G.M. Hopkins
“Bat” By David H. Lawrence
Recall that ‘Bat’ was used in the 2011 approved poetry texts. And it’s repeated again.
To make outstanding grades in your examinations, especial Literature and English Language, you need to be familiar with these texts.
Just dedicate time to read and study each of the text.
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