JAMB Literature Texts for Literature, Arabic, Hausa, Igbo & Yoruba

Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has introduced new literature texts for Language Subjects (Arabic, Hausa, Igbo & Yoruba) and Literature-in-English The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has changed the Literature texts in four (4) language subjects and Literature-in-English. The four language subjects are Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba and Arabic. These changes would take effect from the 2026-2030 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Recommended Links: JAMB Syllabus JAMB Brochure Free JAMB Past Questions Available Here JAMB UTME Registration – Instructions & Guidelines Textbooks Recommended for JAMB UTME: All Subjects Compulsory Novel to Read for JAMB UTME General Paper JAMB Subjects

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JAMB Literature Texts for Literature, Arabic, Hausa, Igbo & Yoruba

Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has introduced new literature texts for Language Subjects (Arabic, Hausa, Igbo & Yoruba) and Literature-in-English

JAMB Literature Texts

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has changed the Literature texts in four (4) language subjects and Literature-in-English. The four language subjects are Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba and Arabic.

These changes would take effect from the 2026-2030 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

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JAMB Literature Texts for Arabic

  • أحمد الإسكندري والآخرون، المفصل في تاريخ الأدب العربي، القاهرة، المعارف العمومية.
  • زكريا حسين (2004م)، المادة الأدبية للطلاب العربية في أفريقيا، أونتري، دار النور.
  • عبد الله بن محمد بن فودي، تزيين الورقات، إبادن، مطبعة جامعة إبادن.
  • عبد الوهاب دنلاد شنت (2009م)، الشعر العربي النيجيري بين الماضي والحاضر، ولاية نجر- نيجيريا، مطبعة بيك المحدودة.
  • عيسى أبي بكر (الدكتور)، ديوان الرياض، مدينة إيو- نيجيريا، النهار.
  • مرتضى إمامي (1997م)، مستقبل اللغة العربية في نيجيريا، لاغوس، دار النشر الإسلامية.
  • صديق فاروق أبو الرضا، مختارات من توجيهات المنبر للشيخ آدم عبد الله الإلوري، القاهرة، مطبعة المعرفة.
  • محمد ثالت مي أغو (2006م)، لماذا يكرهوننا 2ط، كنو، مطبعة سماش.

English translation

  • Ahmad Al-Iskandari and others, Al-Mufassal fi Tarikh Al-Adab Al-Arabi (The Detailed History of Arabic Literature), Cairo, General Knowledge Press.
  • Zakariya Hussein (2004), Literary Materials for Arabic Students in Africa, Onitsha, Dar Al-Nur Press.
  • Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Fodi, Tazyeen Al-Waraqat (Adornment of Pages), Ibadan, University of Ibadan Press.
  • Abdul-Wahab Danladi Shent (2009), Nigerian Arabic Poetry Between the Past and the Present, Niger State, Nigeria, Peak Press Limited.
  • Dr. Isa Abi Bakr, Diwan Al-Riyadh (The Riyadh Anthology), Iwo City, Nigeria, Al-Nahar Press.
  • Murtada Imami (1997), The Future of the Arabic Language in Nigeria, Lagos, Islamic Publishing House.
  • Sadiq Faruq Abu Al-Rida, Selections from the Pulpit Guidance of Sheikh Adam Abdullah Al-Ilory, Cairo, Al-Ma‘rifa Press.
  • Muhammad Thalith Mai Agu (2006), Why Do They Hate Us? (2nd Edition), Kano, Smash Press.

SEE ALSO: JAMB Syllabus for Arabic

JAMB Literature Texts for Hausa

A. Written Literature

Zaɓaɓɓun Littattafai (Prescribed Texts)

Prose
  • Title: Maraya
    • Author: Mahe, I. A.
    • Publisher: Extension Publishers Limited, Ibadan, 2021.
Drama
  • Title: Malam Zalimu
    • Author: Gidan Dabino, A. H.
    • Publisher: Gidan Dabino Publishers, Kano, 2013.
Poetry
  • Title: Wakokin Wayar Da Kai Don Manazarta Hausa Na Daya
    • Author: Anwar, A.
    • Publisher: ABU Press, Zaria, 2024.

B. Oral Literature

Prose

  • Title: Mu Sha Dariya
    • Author: Tofa, B. O.
    • Publisher: NNPC, Zaria, 2018.

Drama

  • Title: Wasannin Tashe
    • Author: Umar, M. B.
    • Publisher: NNPC, Zaria, 2009.

Poetry

  • Title: Jagoran Nazarin Waƙar Baka
    • Author: Gusau, S. M.
    • Publisher: Benchmark Publishers Ltd, 2003.

C. Language

  • Title: Sound System and Grammar
    • Author: Sani, M. A. Z.
    • Publisher: U.P. Plc, Ibadan, 2000.

D. Culture

  1. Title: Rayuwar Hausa
    • Author: CSNL/BUK
    • Publisher: Nelson, Lagos, 1980.
  2. Title: Hausa Customs
    • Author: Madauci, I.
    • Publisher: NNPC, 1985.

E. General Reference Books

  1. Title: Exams Focus Hausa Language
    • Author: Sani, M. A. Z.
    • Publisher: U.P. Plc, Ibadan, 2000.
  2. Title: Darussan Hausa 1–3
    • Author: Yahaya, I. Y. et al.
    • Publisher: U.P. Plc, Ibadan, 1992.
  3. Title: Rayayyen Nahawun Hausa
    • Author: Junju, M. H.
    • Publisher: NNPC, Zaria, 2010.
  4. Title: An Introduction to Hausa Grammar
    • Author: M. K. M. Galadanci
    • Publisher: Longman Nigeria, 1984.
  5. Title: Jagoran Nazarin Kagaggun Labarai
    • Author: Mukhtar, I.
    • Publisher: A. J. Publishers, Kano, 2002.
  6. Title: Rabe-Raben Adabi Da Muhimmancinsa Ga Rayuwar Hausa
    • Author: Dangambo, A.
    • Publisher: Triump Publishing Company, Kano, 1984.
  7. Title: Harshe Da Adabin Hausa A Kammale
    • Author: Ismaila, J. and Tanimu, M. Y.
    • Publisher: Spectrum Books, Ibadan, 2007.
  8. Title: Labaru Na Da Da Na Yanzu
    • Author: —
    • Publisher: NNPC, 1985.
  9. Title: Zaman Mutum Da Sana’arsa
    • Author: E. M. Rimmer et al.
    • Publisher: NNPC, Zaria, Reprinted 2002.
  10. Title: Zaman Hausawa
    • Author: Alhassan, H. et al.
    • Publisher: Islamic Publication Bureau, Lagos, Reprinted 1988.
  11. Title: Waƙa A. Bakin Mai Ita
    • Author: CSNL, BUK, Kano
    • Publisher: NNPC, Zaria, 2006.

SEE ALSO: JAMB Syllabus for Hausa

JAMB Literature Texts for Igbo

1. Literary Devices (Atụmatụokwu)

  • Dika — alliteration (bịambịa mgbọchiume)
  • Assonance (bịambịa ụdaume)
  • Parallelism (kwunkwugha)
  • Metaphor (mbụrụ)
  • Simile (myiri)
  • Hyperbole (egbeokwu)
  • Personification (mmemmadụ)
  • Proverbs (ilu)
  • Dgz.

2. Oral Literature: Agụmagụ Ọnụ / Agụmagụ Ọdịnala

  • Folktales (ifo)
  • Myths (nkomiriko)
  • Legends (nkọrikọ)
  • Poems (abụ)
  • Songs (uri)
  • Chants (mbem)
  • Riddles (agwụgwa)
  • Oral drama (ejije ọnụ)
  • Tongue-twister (okwuntụhi)
  • Dgz.

3. Written Literature (Agụmagụ Ederede)

(a) Prose (Iduuazi)

  • Tony U. Ubesie (1993). Jụo Obinna.
    Oxford University Press.

(b) Poetry (Abụ)

  • Inno Uzọma Nwadike (2014). Akọnuche.
    Obosi: Pacific Publishers Ltd.

4. Abụ Ndị A Họpụtara (Selected Poems)

  1. Ọchịchị — 18–19
  2. Onye Ndu — 22–23
  3. Nne Ọma — 29–30
  4. Oke Ọchịọ — 40–41
  5. Asịla M Na O Dị Mma — 53–54
  6. Ihe Uwa — 60–61
  7. Jiri Nwayọ — 62–63
  8. Eziokwu — 65–66
  9. Mma — 67–69
  10. Nwanyị — 92–94
  11. Aja Ala — 101–103
  12. Ala Igbo — 108–111
  13. Ndụ M N’ụwa A — 131–132
  14. Ọjị — 150–151
  15. Ụwa Emebighi — 151–154
  16. Amamihe — 168–169
  17. Ndụ Nwaanyị — 178–180
  18. Nna M Ọgẹnị — 181–184
  19. Ụlọakwụkwọ — 192–193
  20. Akwa Nnabuẹnyi Ugonna Bere — 249–252

SEE ALSO: JAMB Syllabus for Igbo

JAMB Literature Texts for Literature in English

Drama

African

  • Efua Sutherland: Marriage of Anansewa

Non-African

  • William Shakespeare: Anthony and Cleopatra

Prose

African

  • Pede Hollist: So the Path Does Not Die
  • Elma Shaw: Redemption Road

Non-African

  • Susanne Bellefeuille: Path of Lucas: The Journey He Endured

Poetry

African

  • Gabriel Okara: Once Upon a Time
  • Elizabeth L.A. Kamara: New Tongue
  • Wole Soyinka: Night
  • Niyi Osundare: Not My Business
  • S.O.H. Afriyie-Vidza: Hearty Garlands
  • Syl Cheney-Coker: The Breast of the Sea

Non-African

  • Lord Byron: She Walks in Beauty
  • Geoffrey Chaucer: The Nun’s Priest Tale (shortened)
  • Fleur Adcock: The Telephone Call
  • Wilfred Wilson Gipson: The Stone

SEE ALSO: JAMB Syllabus for Literature in English

JAMB Literature Texts for Yoruba

(a) Oral Literature

(i) Prose (Ìtàn Àròsọ)

  • Babalọlá, A. (2023). Àkójọpọ̀ Aló Ìjápá (Apá Keji).
    Ìbàdàn: University Press Plc.

(ii) Drama (Eré Oníṣe)

  • Ògúnníran, L. (2022). Eégún Aláré.
    Ìbàdàn: Golden Pen Publishers.

(b) Written Literature

(i) Prose (Ìtàn Àròsọ)

  • Ìṣọlá, A. (2023). Ogún Ọmọdé.
    Ìbàdàn: University Press Plc.

(ii) Poetry (Ewì)

  • Àdẹwọlé, O. (2023). Èdè Abínibí àti Àwọn Àròfọ́ Miíràn.
    Ìbàdàn: University Press Plc.
    • pp. 1–50 (2026)
    • pp. 51–83 (2027)
    • pp. 84–116 (2028)
    • pp. 117–152 (2029)
    • pp. 153–216 (2030)

(iii) Drama (Eré Onítàn)

  • Fádìyà, O. (2023). Ọ̀tẹ̀ Oyè.
    Ìbàdàn: Genius Books Publishers.

SEE ALSO: JAMB Syllabus for Yoruba

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