WAEC Set Poems - African Poetry

This study guide covers the six African poems prescribed for the WAEC SSCE Literature In English examination (2021-2025 cycle). The poems span the Negritude movement, post-colonial resistance, and contemporary African voices, together offering a panoramic view of African literary expression from the mid-twentieth century to the present. The collection includes Leopold Sedar Senghor's lyrical celebration of African womanhood, Agostinho Neto's defiant elegy for colonised Africa, Niyi Osundare's political fable on leadership, Oumar Farouk Sesay's tribute to the endurance of African women, Lade Wosornu's philosophical meditation on rage, and Onu Chibuike's tragicomic narrative of a government driver's retirement.

For WAEC Paper 2 (Prose and Objective), candidates must demonstrate close reading, awareness of poetic techniques, and the ability to compare poems thematically. This guide provides the textual grounding, thematic analysis, and exam-ready essay models needed to achieve those goals.