Author: Msomi Bora

UNANSWERED CRIES By Osman Conteh About the Author Dr. Abdulai Osman Conteh was born on August 5, 1945 in Pepel, Port Loko District. Raised mostly in Freetown, he attended the Albert Academy and later Fourah Bay College before traveling to the UK for further studies. Dr. Conteh has the following educational qualifications: Ph.D, (International Law), 1974, King’s College, Cambridge; LLB (Hons): 1971, King’s College, Cambridge; LLM: 1971, London University, United Kingdom; LLB (Hons): 1969, King’s College London; Barrister at Law: Called to the Bar of England and Wales, 1970, at Lincoln’s Inn, London, United Kingdom; Harold Porter Prize man In Land Law, 1968.…

PASSED LIKE A SHADOW by Benard Mapalala We give you Two Analysis of this novel, so that you can have a wide understanding about the novel: i) Analysis 1 ii) Analysis 2 ANALYSIS 1 PASSED LIKE A SHADOW By BENARD MAPALALA FORM ANALYSIS PLOT SUMMARY Chapter 1 Introduction of Adyeri’s family Daddy comes back home very drunk, wet and dirty and the whole atmosphere changes. He orders his food and as Abooki carries it to him, Atwoki unfortunately crashes into her, sending the meal down. It was a hell of a mistake. Daddy laments and fumes. Both Atwoki and Abooki are…

ENGLISH NOTES FOR ADVANCED LEVEL   Also Read >> English Grammar   Click the links below to view the notes:   FORM FIVE    FORM SIX       IMPORTANCE OF READING POETRY   1. Community Building Poetry can go a long way to building strong communities both in educational contexts and in the world at large. In school, students can build community through poetry by sharing poems that they love with their classmates. Such an activity first requires that students have the tools to find poems that they love. Teachers can help them find appropriate options by helping students see…

ENGLISH NOTES FOR FORM SIX   We have: Notes 1 and Notes 2   Notes 1 To view the Notes, click the following links below:   BASIC CONCEPTS OF LITERATURE   PLAYS   NOVELS   POETRY   POEMS STYLISTICS AND COMMUNICATION IN ENGLISH Notes 2 To view the Notes, click the following links below: 1. LISTENING TO GAPPED TEXTS AND THE MEDIA   2. SPEAKING ON A VARIETY OF ISSUES   3. PARTICIPATING IN SOCIAL INTERACTION   4. PARTICIPATING IN FORMAL AND INFORMAL DISCUSSIONS   5. PARTICIPATING IN INTERVIEWS   6. MAKING SPEECHES ON VARIOUS…

STYLISTICS AND COMMUNICATION IN ENGLISHClick the links below to view the notes:STYLISTICS COMMUNICATION IN ENGLISH 

What is Communication? – Communication is the exchange of ideas, information, etc between two or more people. It is also the process of transferring information, ideas, emotions, skills, etc, by means of symbols, works, pictures, figures, and graphs – Communication is the activity of conveying information through the exchange of thoughts, messages, or information, as by speech, visuals, signals, writing or behaviour. – Communication is the process of sending and receiving messages through verbal or nonverbal means, including speech, or oral communication; writing and graphical representations (such as infographics, maps, and charts); and signs, signals, and behavior. More simply, communication is said to be “the creation and exchange…

What is stylistics? – This is the language study that deals with how language varies in different contexts of use – Stylistics is the study of language varieties or styles, depending on the situation or context whether spoken or written Stylistics is the description and analysis of the variability of linguistic forms in actual language use. The concepts of ‘style’ and ‘stylistic variation’ in language rest on the general assumption that within the language system, the same content can be encoded in more than one linguistic form. Therefore stylistics aims at studying the language features (lexical, grammatical/syntactical, phonological, graphological /…

POEMS FOR FORM SIX Click the links to view the poems: AFRICA THE DYING CHILD AN AFRICAN THUNDERSTORM YOUR PAIN SHALL COMPARE THEE TO A SUMMER DAY?BUILDING THE NATION BALLAD OF THE LANDLORD AN ABANDONED BUNDLE 

 NOVELS Click the links below to view the novels: DIVINE PROVIDENCE A MAN OF THE PEOPLE THE BEAUTYFUL ONES ARE NOT YET BORN OTHER NOVELS HOUSE BOY THE CONCUBINE GIRLS AT WAR THE OLD MAN AND THE MEDAL A WALK IN THE NIGHT 

PLAYS   Click the links below to view the plays:   BETRAYAL IN THE CITY   AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE I WILL MARRY WHEN I WANT   OTHER PLAYS THE VOTER THE TRIALS OF BROTHER JERO THE DILEMMA OF A GHOST THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR