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NewsOnline reports that the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) have listed the new books, numbering 21, in its Monday Bulletin, for its 2022 including Arabic and Literature-in-English
The board said the textbooks would be used for this year’s examination.
The publication reads: “These changes would take effect from the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).”
The board is yet to open registration for the examination.
With six textbooks, Arabic has the highest number of books among the subjects, followed by Literature-in-English and Yoruba, which have five each. Igbo and Hausa have three textbooks each.
The textbooks for Literature-in-English are: Lion and the Jewel by Wole Soyinka; Look Back in Anger by John Osborne; Second Class Citizen by Buchi Emecheta; Unexpected Joy at Dawn by Alex Agyei Agyiri; and Wuthering Heights by Emile Bronte.
The five books for Yoruba are: Akojopo Alo Ijapa Apa Kin-in-ni by Adeboye Babalola; Awon Oriki Orile Metadinlogbon by Adeboye Babalola; Moremi Ajasoro by Debo Awe ; Oro Enu Akewi by Ayomide Akanji; Nitori Owo by Akinwumi Isola .
The books for Arabic are: The Nigerian Arabic Poems: A Case Study Between the Old and the New, by Abdulwahab Dan Ladi Shith; Diwaanur Riyardh: A Collection of Arabic Poems, by Dr. Isah Alabi Abubakar; The Prospect of Arabic Language in Nigeria, by Murtadh Badamasi; A Selection of Pulpit Counselling, by Adam Abdullahi Al-Ilory; Why The Anger On Us. A Literature Text, by Muhammad Salisu Mai Ango; and The Perfection/Adornment of Pages: A Book of Poems, by Abdullahi Bin Fodio.
For Hausa, candidates are expected to read: Zube by Turmin Danya (for Prose); Waka by Wakokin Hausa (Poetry); and Wasan Kwaikwayo by Abin Da Kamar Wuya (Drama).
Candidates writing Igbo should get Iduuazi by Chinedu Ofomata (for Prose); Abu by Nolue Emenanjo (Poetry); and Ejije by Odunke Artists (Drama).
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