JAMB - Literature In English (2025 - No. 90)
This question is based on General Literature Principles and Literary Appreciation.
Ocol rejects the old type.
He is in love with a modern woman
He is in love with a beautiful girl
Who speaks English.'
Okot p'Bitek, 'Song of Lawino'
The writer of the lines above
appraises people who speak English
shuns the old type of woman
ridicules Ocol's value judgment
is critical of the modern woman
Explanation
In Song of Lawino by Okot p'Bitek, the speaker (Lawino) criticises and mocks Ocol, her husband, for abandoning his traditional roots and his wife (the "old type") in favour of a modern, Westernised woman who speaks English. The tone is satirical and disapproving of Ocol's preference, portraying it as a misguided value judgment.
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