JEPGOS-T Form 4 Pre-Necta Joint Exam Papers 2026
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JOINT EXAMINATIONS PRIVATE AND GOVERMENTS SCHOOLS-TANZANIA (JEPGOS-T)
JEPGOS-T FORM FOUR PRE NECTA EXAMINATION 2025
POEM
Read the poem below then answer the questions that follow: Africa my Africa
Africa of proud warriors in the ancestral savannahs
Africa of whom my grandmother sings
On the banks of the distant river
I have never known you
But your blood flows in my veins
Your beautiful black blood that irrigates the fields
The blood of your sweat
The sweat of your work
The work of your slavery
The slavery of your children
Africa tell me Africa
Is this you this back that is bent
This back that breaks under the weight of humiliation
This back trembling with red scars
And saying yes to the whip under the midday sun
But a grave voice answer me
Impetuous son that tree young and strong
That tree there
In splendid loneliness amidst white and faded flowers
That is Africa your Africa
That grows again patiently obstinately
And its fruit gradually acquires the bitter taste of liberty
Answer the following questions
(a) Read again the last two lines. Why do the fruits acquire a bitter taste of liberty? Why does liberty taste better?
(b) Why does the poet say that “Black blood flows in his veins”?
(c) How have the past effects of colonialism shaped the Africa’s present?
(d) Show the following figures of speech and sound devices from the poem
(i) Anadiplosis
(ii) Reiteration
(iii) Alliteration
(iv) Anaphora
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