The West African Examination Council (WAEC) and the National Examination Council (NECO) have curated a list of literature texts to assist Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (SSCE) candidates in their preparation for the upcoming examinations.
This comprehensive collection of recommended books covers various genres including African and non-African prose, Shakespearean works, African and non-African drama, African and non-African poetry. To effectively plan your study schedule, it is essential to refer to the WAEC timetable to determine the dates for each subject’s examination.This will help you allocate adequate time for studying each literature
text.
The following is a compilation of the books selected by WAEC and NECO for candidates appearing in the WAEC/NECO literature examinations nationwide:
African Prose
1. “Second Class Citizen” by Buchi Emecheta
“Unexpected Joy at Dawn” by Alex Agyei-Agyiri (2018 Edition)
Non-African Prose
2. “Invisible Man” by Ralph Ellison
3. “Wuthering Heights” by Emily Bronte
Shakespearean Books.“A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
African Drama
4. “Let me Die Alone” by John K. Kargbo
5. “The Lion and the Jewel” by Wole Soyinka
Non-African Drama
6.“Look Back in Anger” by John Osborne
7. “Fences” by August Wilson
African Poetry
8. “Black Woman” by Leopold Sedar Senghor
9. “The Leader and the Led” by Niyi Osundare
10. “The Grieved Lands of Africa” by Agostinho Neto
11. “The Song of the Women of my Land” by Oumar Farouk Sesay
12. “Raider of the Treasure Trove” by Lade Wosornu
13. “A Government Driver on his Retirement” by Onu Chibuike
Non-African Poetry
14. “The Good Morrow” by John Donne
15.“Caged Bird” by Maya Angelou
16. “The Journey of the Magi” by T.S. Eliot
17. “Do not Go Gentle into the Good Night” by 18. Dylan Thomas
19. “Binsey Poplars (Felled 1879)” by G.M. Hopkins
20.“Bat” by David H. Lawrence
