The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced updated prescribed literature texts for Literature-in-English and four language subjects—Arabic, Hausa, Igbo, and Yoruba—taking effect from the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
Approved Literature Texts by Subject (Effective 2022 UTME)
| UTME Subject | Approved Prescribed Literature Texts |
|---|---|
| 1. Literature-in-English | - The 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 - Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë |
| 2. Yoruba | - Akojopo Alo Ijapa Apa Kin-in-ni by Adeboye Babalola (University Press Plc, Ibadan) - Awon Oriki Orile Metadinlogbon by Adeboye Babalola (Learn Africa Plc, Lagos) - Moremi Ajasoro by Debo Awe (Elyon Publishers, Ilesa) - Oro Enu Akewi by Ayomide Akanji (Genius Books Publishers, Ibadan) - Nitori Owo by Akinwumi Isola (Sumob Publishers, Osogbo) |
| 3. Igbo | - Prose (Iduuazi): Chinedu Ofomata (2009) (Enugu: Format Publishing Ltd.) - Poetry (Abu): Nolue Emenanjo (Onitsha: Evans Brothers) - Drama (Ejije): Odunke Artists (1981) (Ibadan: U.P.L.) |
| 4. Hausa | - Prose (Zube): Turmin Danya - Poetry (Waka): Wakokin Hausa - Drama (Wasan Kwaikwayo): Abin Da Kamar Wuya |
| 5. Arabic | - 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 - The Perfection / Adornment of Pages: A Book of Poems by Abdullahi Bin Fodio |
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