Literature 2010 JAMB Past Questions - Question 23: 'Yet in their finger upon Our navel The midwives of the spirit say They feel a foetal throb.' The dominant literary device used in the extract above from Acquahs' In the Navel of the Soul is

based on selected poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.) New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro, M et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D.I. (ed): West African Verse