The Drama Texts in the WAEC Literature-in-English 2026-2030 Syllabus by Folahan Oyelekan

The current WAEC Literature-in-English Syllabus winds up in 2025. The syllabus runs from 2021-2025. By implication, the syllabus ends with the Literature students in SS 2 in Nigeria presently (2022/2023 academic session).

The new WAEC Syllabus was released in the middle of 2023. This includes the new set of Literature drama and prose texts. There are also African and Non-African poems.

The African and the Non-African drama have been discussed and analyzed in a free online Literature Class; Literature Hub247.

The drama texts are:

The Marriage of Anansewa by Efua Surtherland

Once Upon an Elephant by Bosede Ademilua-Afolayan

An inspector Calls by J.D Priestley

A Man for all Seasons by Robert Bolt

You can easily access the class and listen to the comprehensive analysis of the texts. All the poems are also appreciated in the class.

African Poetry

These are the Poems:

Once Upon a Time by Gabriel Okara

New Tongue by Elizabeth L.A Kamara

Night by Wole Soyinka

Not My Business by Niyi Osundare

Hearty Garlands by S.O.H Afriyie-Vidza

The Breast of the Sea by Syl Cheney-Coker

Non-African Poetry

She Walks in Beauty by Lord Byron

The Nun's Priest's Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer

Digging by Seamus Heany

Still, I Rise by Maya Angelou

The Telephone Call by Fleur Adcock

The Stone by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson

You can connect with the teacher-in-charge through his WhatsApp handle for more information.