THE WEST AFRICAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL
Prescribed list of literature-in-English texts for the west African senior school certificate examination (WASSCE) 2026-2030
SHAKESPEAREAN TEXT Antony and Cleopatra AFRICAN PROSE Pede Hollist: So the Path Does Not Die Elma Shaw: Redemption Road NON-AFRICAN PROSE Harper Lee: To Kill a Mockingbird Susanne Bellefeuille: Path of Lucas: The Journey He Endured AFRICAN DRAMA Bosede Ademilua-Afolayan: Once Upon an Elephant Efua Sutherland: The Marriage of Anansewa NON-AFRICAN DRAMA J. B. Priestley: An Inspector Calls Robert Bolt: A Man for all Seasons AFRICAN POETRY 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 POETRY Lord Byron: She Walks in Beauty Geoffrey Chaucer (shortened): The Nun's Priest's Tale Seamus Heaney: Digging Maya Angelou: Still I Rise Fleur Adcock: The Telephone Call Wilfrid Wilson Gibson: The Stone
