WAEC Areas Of Concentration for Literature-in-English 2025/2026

The WAEC Areas Of Concentration for Literature-in-English 2025/2026 outlines recommended texts for senior secondary students, including drama, prose, and poetry. Candidates should have read these works during their three-year Art class. The texts are categorized into African prose, Non-African prose, African and Non-African drama, and Shakespearean works. This list, drafted in 2021, remains in use.

WAEC Areas Of Concentration for Literature-in-English 2025/2026

African Prose

• Second Class Citizen by Buchi Emecheta
• Unexpected Joy at Dawn by Alex Agyei-Agyiri (2018 Edition)=

Non-African Prose

• Invisible man by Ralph Ellison
• Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

Shakespearean Text

• Let me Die Alone by John K. Kargbo
• The lion and the Jewel by Wole Soyinka

African Drama

• Let me Die Alone by John K. Kargbo
• The lion and the Jewel by Wole Soyinka

Non-African Drama

• Look Back in Anger by John Osborne
• Fences by August Wilson

African Poetry

• Black Woman by by Leopold Sedar Senghor
• The Leader and the Led by Niyi Osundare
• The Grieved Lands 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 Onuh Chibuike
• the good morrow by John Donne
• Cage bird by Maya Angelou
• The journey of the Magi by T.S Elliot

Non-African Poetry

• Do not go Gentle into the Good Night by by Dylan Thomas
• Binsey Poplars (Felled 1879) by G.M Hopkins
• Bat by David H. Lawrence

WAEC Literature Recommended Textbooks 2025/2026

Category	Title	Author
African Prose	Second Class Citizen	Buchi Emecheta
	Unexpected Joy at Dawn	Alex Agyei-Agyiri (2018 Edition)
Non-African Prose	Wuthering Heights	Emily Bronté
	Invisible Man	Ralph Ellison
African Drama	Let Me Die Alone	John K. Kargbo
	The Lion and the Jewel	Wole Soyinka
Non-African Drama	Look Back in Anger	John Osborne
	Fences	August Wilson
African Poetry	“Black Woman”	Léopold Sédar Senghor
	“The Leader and the Led”	Niyi Osundare
	“The Grieved Lands”	Agostinho Neto
	“The Song of the Woman of My Land”	Oumar Farouk Sesay
	“Raider of the Treasure Trove”	Lade Wosomu
	“A Government Driver on His Retirement”	Onu Chibuike
Non-African Poetry	“The Good-Morrow”	John Donne
	“Caged Bird”	Maya Angelou
	“The Journey of the Magi”	T.S. Eliot
	“Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night”	Dylan Thomas
	“Binsey Poplars (Felled 1879)”	G.M. Hopkins
	“Bat”	D.H. Lawrence
Drama Text for Objective/Contextual Questions	A Midsummer Night’s Dream	William Shakespeare

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