The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has published the list of Literature texts for 2021 – 2025 academic sessions on its website. Literature teachers are, therefore, advised to teach their SSS 1, SSS 2 and SSS 3 students with the literary texts listed below.
Literature Texts for 2021 – 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE)
African Prose
1. Second Class Citizen by Buchi Emecheta
2. Unexpected Joy at Dawn by Alex Agyiri (2018 Edition)
Non African Prose
1. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronté
2. Invisible Man by Ralph Elison
African Drama
1. Let Me Die Alone by John Karbo
2. The Lion and the Jewel by Wole Soyinka
Non African Drama
1. Look Back in Anger by John Osborne
2. Fences by August Wilson
African Poetry
1. "Black Woman" by Leopold Swear Senghor
2. "The Leader and the Led" by Niyi Osundare
3. "The Grieved Lands" by Augustinho Neto
4. "The Song of the Women of my Land" by Oumar Farouk Sesay
5. "Raider of the Treasure Trove" by Lade Wosornu
6. "A Government Driver on His Retirement" by Onu Chibuike
Non African Poetry
1. "The Good Morrow" by John Donne
2. "Caged Bird"
by Maya Angelou
3. "The Journey of the Magi" by T.S. Elliot
4. "Do not Go Gentle into that Good Night" by Dylan Thomas
5. "Binsey Poplars" by G.M. Hopkins
6. "Bat" by David H. Lawrence
Drama Text for
Objective/Contextual Questions
A Midsummer Night's Dream by William
Shakespeare.