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The Authorities of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, hereby announce the resumption of academic activities for the continuation of the 2014/2015 harmattan semester.

All students should note that lectures resume on Tuesday, 21st July, 2015.

The university authorities wish all our students journey mercies as they return to the university. Thank you.

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OAU Notice To Fresh Students 2014/2015

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THE GODS ARE NOT TO BLAME:SOTIMIRIN,SOLADE,OTHERS PUT THE GODS ON TRIAL

L-R: Ara, Solade, Macaulay and Jaiyesinmi

Lagos-based Thespian Theatre Troupe rallies seasoned dramatists to stage Ola Rotimi’s The Gods are not to Blame, AKEEM LASISI writes

Seasoned dramatists that include Tunji Sotimirin, Wale Macaulay, Yemi Solade and Safy Bello, are set to give a new life to Ola Rotimi’s popular play, The Gods are not to Blame.

They are currently on the set of the play being produced by Ayo Jaiyesinmi-led Thespian Theatre. The play, which is also featuring lady talking drummer, Ara, and a crop of other younger artists, is the troupe’s offering for the yuletide. It will be staged at the MUSON Centre, Lagos between December 27 and 28. While Sotimirin directs the play, Lekan Balogun is the production manager.

The Gods are not to Blame is the story of Odewale, who is destined to kill his father and marry is mother. He does everything humanly possible, but the prediction comes to pass, making the play adapted from Oedipus Rex to be one of the most popular tragedies to hit the stage.

But Jaiyesinmi and Sotimirin say the version of the play that the audience will watch at the MUSON Centre is going to be different from what they might have seen before. Although they are retaining the philosophy of the work, they are toning the tragedy down with comedy, a spectacular dance and more.

“We are presenting an adaptation of the play,” she says. “Thespian Theatre has staged various plays since we started in 2003. We feel that at this point in Nigeria, what we are going through deserves to be reflected upon. Some people have said that in 2015 Nigeria will be no more. But the debate has been on since the time of Ola Rotimi. The question is: who is to blame? As tragic as the play is, however, you are not coming to see a dirge. We have laced it with comedy, dance, poetry and more.”

The theatre proprietress, who says some corporate organisations that include First Bank, Leadway and Healthplus are supporting the project, adds that the performance will be a fusion of the stage and cinema.

According to Sotimirin, the play will be very entertaining so that the audience can get the best of the seasons.

“We are featuring a lot of spectacles and it is good that we have professionals who can translate this to an impressive show,” he says.

Solade is excited to be in the cast, saying despite the fact that he keeps a very busy schedule, he is glad to be part of what he calls his first love – he stage.

He says, “As we all know, December is a month loaded with a lot of activities. But I cannot shy away from the theatre. People who know my antecedents can appreciate this. I was trained in the theatre in Ife – Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife – and I have always done The Gods are not to Blame. I used to play Aderopo, but I am now one of the thieves.”

While Macaulay, Ara and Bello also thanked Thespian Theatre for giving them an opportunity to be part of the production, Lijadu notes that he is surprised at the intense talent being demonstrated by younger actors in the cast.

He says, “This is very encouraging. The younger ones I see here can play any role fantastically. It is glad that there are some organizations inspiring that.”

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OAU BIOLOGY 2009 POST-UTME PLUS ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS

OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY 2009 POST UME TEST

BIOLOGY

1. One of these is not found in the urine
(a) water
(b) sodium chloride
(c) nitrogenous compounds
(d)calcium chloride
(e) nitrogenous salts.

2. An organism with a pair of in distinguishable genes is a
(a) heterozygote (b) hybrid
(c) allelomorph (d) homozygote
(e) diploid

3. The fruit formed from a single flower having several free carpels in called
(a) multiple fruit (b) Simple fruit
(c) aggregate fruit (d) dehinscent fruit
e) indehiscent fruit.

4. The function of ossicles (maleus, incus and stapes) in the mammalian ear to
a) transmit vibrations
b) regulate pressure
c) support of the inner ear
d) maintain balance during motion
e) secrete oil

5. “Joined skeleton” is absent in the
a) cockroach b) spider
c) millipede d) snail
e) house fly

6. Mucor and spirogyra can be put in a because group they
a. Are unicellular
b. Have spores that are dispersed by wind
c. Can live independent lives
d. Reproduce sexually
e. Have bodies made up of thallus and filaments alternatively.

7. The organ through which nourishment and oxygen diffuse into an embryo is
called
a) Amnion b) chorion
c) umbilical cord d) oviduct
e) placenta

8. A tapeworm fasten itself to the intestine of its host with
a) Neck & sucker
b) hooks & suckers
c) rostellum & suckers
d) proglottis & neck
e) rostellum hooks & suckers

9. Which of these is false about the piliferous layer of a root? It
a) Has a thin cuticle
b) Is the outermost layer of the corex
c) May bear root hairs
(d) Breaks down with age
(f) Is replaced by cork in old roots.

10. Anaerobic respiration in yeast produces
a) CO2 & ethanol
b) CO2 &H2O
c) CO2&O2
d) CO2 & glucose
e) Ethanol & H2O

11. Which one of these set of factors is completely abiotic? (a) Turbidity,
tide
salinity, plankton (b) pressure, pH, soil insect (c) Water, soil, bacteria,
salinity (d) pH, bamboos, wind, rainfall (e) Light, altitude, wind, humidity

12. In which of these are flagella and cilia found?
(a) Flatworms (b) Protozoa
(c) Coelenterates (d) Annelids
(e) Nematodes

13. The three important organs that are situated close to the stomach are (a)
Liver,kidney & gall bladder (b) pancreas, liver & kidney (c) Gall bladder, pancreas
& spleen (d) liver, kidney & spleen (e) kidney, gall bladder, liver

14. The plantain reproduces asexually by (a) Spores (b)Buds (c) Fragments (d)
Suckers (e) Flowers

15. The major function of swim-bladder in fish is (a) Breathing (b) Swimming
(c)
Diving (d) Repelling enemy (e) Buoyancy

16. The part of the central nervous system concerned with answering an
examination
question is the (a) Spinal Cord (b) Cerebellum (c) Oryx (d) cerebrum (e) Medulla oblongata

17. Wind pollinated flowers usually have
(a) long styles
(b) sticky stigmas
(c) small and short stigmas
(d) rough pollen grains
(e) small styles and pollen.

18. The ridicule of a bean seedling grows most rapidly in the region
(a) of the root tip (b) below the top soil
(c) just around the root tip
(d) just below the root tip
(e) just above the root tip.

19. A key similarity between nervous and hormonal system is that both
a) Involve chemical transmission
b) Have widespread effects
c) Shed chemicals into the blood stream
a. Evoke rapid response
b. Eliminate response

20. The bone of the neck on which the skull rests is
(a) Odontoid (b) Axis (c) Occipital
(d) Atlas (e) patella

21. A child blood group genotype different form those of both parents and with
a mother of genotype 00, can only have a father of genotype
(a) A (b) B (c) OO (d) AB (e) AA

22. A true climax community a) changes from year to year b) persists until the
environment changes
c) Is the first stage in plant succession
d) Consists of tallest trees and small animals e) Is in a state of
perturbation.

23. In a predator food chain involving secondary and tertiary consumers, the
organisms become progressively
(a) smaller
(b) equal in number
(c) large and fewer along the food chain
(d) parasitized along the food chain as consumers get bigger
(e) sparse in distribution.

24. Which one of these is an adaptation to a
xerophyte environment?
a) fleshy tissue with reduced leaves
b) extensive surface roots and broad leaves
c) thick barks and broad leaves
d) rough leaves and shallow root system
e) stunted growth and surface roots.

25. When it is cold, the blood vessels of the skin
a) dilate to increase blood flow to the skin
b) constrict to reduce the amount of blood flowing to the skin
c) dilate to reduce the amount of blood flowing to the skin
d) constrict to increase the amount of blood flowing to the skin

ANSWERS KEY

1. D 6.B 11.C 16.D 21.D
2. D 7.E 12.B 17.C 22.B
3. C 8.B 13.C 18.A 23.C
4. A 9.A 14.D 19.D 24.A
5.D 10.A 15.E 20.D 25.B

EXPLANATIONS TO THE QUESTIONS

1. Calcium chloride is not found in urine. Urine contains sodium chloride,
urea,water in addition to other compounds (D).

2. An individual is said to be homozygous if it has two similar genes for the
same character i.e. it has two identical alleles at the same position on a pair of
chromosomes e.g. TT is for tallness (D).

3. Aggregate fruits are produced form a single flower with an apocarpous
pistil i.e.several free carpels and hence a collection of simple fruit e.g cola-fruit and
rose fruit (C)

4. Three tiny bones called ossicles, fit against one another to form a chain
of bones stretching from the inside of the eardrum across the middle ear. Sound
vibration travel down the outer ear and vibrate the eardrum. This causes vibration of
fluid in the inner ear, so that the sensors cells in the cochlea receive the
stimulus (A)

5. Snail do not have joined skeleton, its soft
body muscle is enclosed or housed in a shell(D)

6. They can for spores which can be blown
by wind (B)

7. The embryo develops an organ called the placenta. The placenta is firmly
attached
to the wall of the uterus and through it nourishment and Oxygen are obtained
by the embryo from the mother and waste products are removed (E)

8. On top of the scolex is a projection called the rostellum, which has hooks
and four evenly spaced sucker on the outside. The tapeworm fasten itself to the
intestine using hooks & sucker (B)

9. The outermost layer of the cortex is called piliferous layer. Unlike the
epidermis
of the stem, the piliferous layer has no cuticle (A).

10. Anaerobic respiration is the breaking down of complex molecules in the
absence of Oxygen to give carbondioxide and Ethanol (A)

11. Abiotic factors in ecology study are those that do not involve living
things e.g temperature, Rainfall, Relatives humidity, light, pressure soil acidity,
topograph are commonly called Edaphic factors (C)

12 Flagella and cilia are locomotive organs i.e. for movement, paramecium use
cilia while eugelena use flagella, it is common to protozoa (B).

13 Gall bladder, pancreas & spleen are available in the stomach

14. Sucker is the root part of plantain & it is also used for vegetative
propagation (D)

15. Swim bladder is used for buoyancy in fish (E)

16. The cerebrum controls all voluntary action like learning intelligence,
thinking,
imagination and memory which are aspect of intelligent behavior (D)

17 Small and short stigmas are feature of wind- pollinated flowers (C).

18 Apical meristems are responsible for the increase in length of roots and
stem, re
found at the tip of stem and root (A).

19 Nervous and hormonal system are both reflex action, it is rapid and
automatic response to stimulus without the involvement of the brain (D).

20 The skull rest on the atlas bone of the cervical vertebra (D).

21 Since mother blood group —0 (JOJ0) the child can only have a father with
blood group AB, to have a blood group different from both parents i.e. either blood
group A or B (D).

22 A climax community do not change form time to time, it persists until the
environment change (D).

23 As we move upward in the food chain, the size of the organism increased and
become fewer in number (C).

24 Xerophyte are plant adapted with desert habitat. They have flashy tissue
and reduced leaves to reduce transpiration and (water lose) and extensive roots
for water. Hydrophytes are aquatic plants with broad leaves, to tap enough
sunlight, for photosynthesis i.e. increase in rate of water loss and short roots since
water is in abundance (A).

25 In cold, the blood vessel in the skin will get smaller (or constrict) so
that very little blood will reach the skin surface, this reduces heat loss by radiation (B)

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OAU MATHS 2010 POST-UTME

1. If (3/4) x (2/3) y = 32/27. find the value of 3y – 2x
A. -1
B. 7
C. 1
D. -7

2. The indefinite integral xe^x , for any real constant c is
A. c
B.x + e x + c
C.x 2 + e x + c
D.e x (x – 1) + c

3. The scores of 16 students in a mathematics test are 65, 65, 55, 60, 65, 60, 70,75, 70, 65, 70, 60, 65, 65, 70. What is the sum of the median and modal scores
A. 125
B. 130
C. 140
D. 150

4. Find the values of x for which 5 + 2x – 3x 2 = 0
A. -2 and 6/5
B. -1 and 5/3
C. -2 and -1
D. 6/5 and 5/3

5. Express
5y – 12(y – 2) (y – 3)in partial fraction
A. 2/y – 2 – 3/y – 3
B. 2/y – 2 + 3/y – 3
C. 2/y – 3 – 3/y – 2
D. 3/y – 3 – 4/y – 2

6. I f tan x = sin x / cos x find tan(90 0 + x), for acute of x
A. -cot x
B. -tan x
C. cot x
D. tan x

7. The expression cos 2 0 + sin 2 0 has the numerical value
A. 1
B. 2
C. 4
D. 0

8. What is the distance between points (1, 2) and (4, 5) on a plane?
A. 3 root 2
B. 2 root 3
C. 3
D. 9

9. The second term of an infinite geometric series is -1/2 and the third term is 1/4. Find the sum of the series
A. 2
B. 1
C. 3/2
D. 2/3

10.Let the letters P, Q, R and S denote parallelogram, quadrilateral, rectangle and square respectively. Using the correct notation, which is correct in the inclusions below?
A. Q c R c P c S
B. S c P c R c S
C. S c P c R c Q
D. S c R c P c Q

11.The integral values of y which satisfy the inequality -1 < 5 – 2y <_ 7 are
A. -1, 0, 1, 2
B. 0, 1, 2, 3
C. -1, 0, 1, 2, 3
D. -1, 0, 2, 3

12. n/a

13. As 0 tends to zero, what does cos 0 tends to ?
A. sin 0
B. 0
C. 1/2
D. 1

14. F ind x if x 2 – 2x – 15 = 0
A. 3, -5
B. -3, 5
C. 1, 15
D. -2, 15

15. I f x 2 – 5x + 6 = (x – a) 2 + b , the value of b is
A. -1/4
B. 3/2
C. 2
D. 3

16. A father leaves a legacy of N45 million for his children – Peter, David and Paul to be shared in the ratio 7:5:3. What amount in million Naira would each receive respectively?
A. N14, N7, N3
B. N15, N5, N3
C. N21, N15, N9
D. N20, N14, N10

17. A businessman invested a total of N200,000 in two companies which paid dividends of 5% and 7% respectively. If he received a total of N11,600 as dividend, how much did he invest at 7% ?
A. N160,000
B. N140,000
C. N120,000
D. N80,000

18. In a convex polygon with n sides, the sum of interior angles is ___ NB:3.142 represents “pi”
A. (n – 2) 3.142
B. 2(n – 1) 3.142
C. 4(n – 1) 3.142
D. (2n + 4) 3.142

19. Find the equation of the line perpendicular to the line y = 2x + 1 and passing through a point (3, 1)
A. y = 1/2x + 5/2
B. 2y = 1/2x + 5/2
C. y = x + 5
D. 2y = x + 5

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OAU PHYSICS 2006 POST-UTME WITH ANSWERS

OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERISTY2006 POST UME TEST

SUBJECT: PHYSICS (QUESTIONS 1-9 OF 23)

INSTRUCTION: ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS

1. A 70kg man ascends a flight of stair of height 4m in 7s. the power expended by the man is
(a) 40w
(b) 100w
(c) 280w
(d) 400w
2. A body accelerates uniformly from rest at 6ms -2 for 8 seconds and then decelerates uniformly to rest in the next 5 seconds . The magnitude of the deceleration is :
(a) 9.6ms -2
(b) 48ms -2
(c) 24.0ms 2
(d) 39.4ms -2
3. A nail is pulled from a wall with a string tied to the nail. If the string is inclined at an angle of 30 0 to the wall and the tension in the string is 50N ,the effective force used in pulling the nail is
(a) 25N
(b) 25?3N
(c) 50N
(d) 50?3N
4. If M and R are the mass and radius of the earth respectively and G is the universal gravitational constant, the earth’s gravitational potential at an altitude H above the ground level is:
(a ) -GM/H
(b) -GM/(R+H)
(c) -GM/2H
(d) –GM/(R-H)
5. Which of the following statement is not true:
(a) As the slope of an inclined plane increases, the velocity ratio decreases. Acceleration due to gravity g= 9.8m/s. Gas constant R = 8.31 j/mol.K. Speed of light in vacuum C= 3.0 x 10 8 m/s. Planck constant H = 6.63 x 10 -34 j.s
(b) The efficiency of an inclined plane decreases as a slope increases.
(c) The effort required to push a given load up an inclined plane increases as the slope increases
(d) The mechanical advantage of a smooth inclined plane depends on the ratio of the length of the height of the plane.
6. The ice and steam point of a thermometer are 20mm and 100mm respectively. A temperature of 75 0 C corresponds to Ymm on the thermometer. What is Y?
(a) 100mm
(b) 70mm
(c) 80mm
(d) 60mm
7. An electric kettle with negligible heat capacity is rated to 2000w. If 2.0kg of water is put in it , how long will take the temperature of water to rise from 20 0 to 100 0 ? [ specific heat capacity of water = 4200J kg -1 k -1 ]
(a) 336s
(b) 420s
(c) 168s
(d) 84s
8. A quantity of ice at 10 0 C is heated until the temperature of heating vessel is 90 0 C . Which of the following constant is NOT required to determine the quantity of heat supplied to the vessel?
(a) Specific latent heat of vaporization
(b) Specific heat capacity of ice
(c) Specific latent heat of fusion.
(d) Specific heat capacity of water.
9. The scent from jar of perfume opened in one corner of a room is picked up in another part of the room. The perfume move through the air molecules by what process.
(a) Evaporation
(b) Osmosis
(c) Diffusion
(d) Convection.

ANSWER KEY
1. D
2. A
3. A
4. B
5. B
6. C
7. A
8. A
9. C

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OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY2006 POST UME TEST
SUBJECT: PHYSICS(QUESTIONS 11-22)

INSTRUCTION: ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS

11. A convex lens of focal length of 10.0cm is used to form a real image whichis half the size of the object. How far is the object from the image?
(a) 45cm
(b) 30cm
(c) 15cm
(d) 20cm
12. A diverging lens of focal length 20cm forms an image half the size of the object. What is the object distance?
(a) 11.11cm
(b) 100cm
(c) 60cm
(d) 8.71cm
13. An object of height 3.00cm is placed 10cm in front of a biconvex lens of focal length 15cm. The image of the object is
(a) Real and 3.00cm tall
(b) Virtual and 3.00cm tall
(c) Virtual and 9.00cm tall
(d) Real and 9.00cm tall
14. The most suitable type of mirror used for the construction of a search light is the :
(a) Concave mirror
(b) Convex mirror
(c) Spherical mirror
(d) Parabolic mirror
15. Light waves and ripples of water are similar because both
(a) Are longitudinal waves
(b) Have the same velocity
(c) Can be diffracted and refracted
(d) Have the same frequency
16. Three 4-? resistors were connected in series by tola while ade connected the same set of resistors in parallel. The ratio of the value obtained by ade to that obtained by tola is
(a) 1:2
(b) 1:9
(c) 1:10
(d) 1:5
18. A coil of copper wire of N turns is kept rotating between the poles of a permanent magnet such that the magnetic flux linking the coil changes continuously. Which of the following statement is true?
(a) An emf is induced in the coil such that when the change of flux is positive the emf is positive, and when the change of flux is negative, the emf is negative.
(b) An emf is induced in the coil whose magnitude is inversely proportional to both the number of turns in the coil and the rate of change of magnetic flux.
(c) An emf is set up in the permanent magnet which reduces the flux in the coilto zero.
(d) A current flows in the coil and emf is set up proportional to both the rate of change of the flux and the number of turns.
19. The principle of operation of an induction coil is based on
(a) ohm’s law
(b) Ampere’s law
(c) Faraday’s law
(d) Coulomb’s law
20. The equation
150 62 X ? 150 63 Y + k + energy, represents
(a) ?- decay
(b) ?-decay
(c) y-decay
(d) Photon emission
21. Which of the following radiation is a magnetic field?
(a) ?- rays (ii) ?-rays (iii) y-rays (iv) X- rays
(b) (i) and (ii) only
(c) (iii) and (iv) only
(d) (i) and (iii) only
22. The half –life of a radioactive element is 9 days. What fraction of atoms has decayed in 36 days? (a) ?
(b) ¼
(c) ½
(d) 15/16

ANSWER KEY
11. A
12. –
13. C
14. D
15. C
16. B
17. –
18. D
19. C
20. B
21. C
22. D

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OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY POST-UTME PAST QUESTIONS

PHYSICS.POST JAMB TEST 2010

1. An 0.60kg rubber stopper is whirled in a horizontal circle of 0.80m radius at a rate of 0.3 revolutions per second. What is the tension in the string?
A. 14N
B. 80N
C. 170N
D. 24N

2. The superposition of two or more waves to produce a maximum or zero effect at a point is known as:
A. reflection
B. refraction
C. diffraction
D. interference

3. Which of the following about electrolysis is false
A. liquid that conduct electricity and are split up chemically by the current are electrolyzed
B. the current is brought into the electrolyte by the anode
C. the current is taken away from the electrolyte by the cathode
D. the container which holds the electrolyte and the cathode is the voltmeter

4. The most likely measurement of length of an object using a Venier caliper is
A. 3.0cm
B. 3.3cm
C. 3.33cm
D. 3.333cm

5. The acceleration due to gravity
A. increases with increasing altitude
B. decreases with increasing altitude
C. increases with increase in the square of the altitude
D. is not affected by the altitude

6. Which of the following is not true about the properties of x-rays
A. they are not deflected
B. they ionize a gas , making it a conductor
C. they are massive
D. they have high penetrating power

7. Highly polished silvery surfaces are:
A. poor absorbers but good emitter of radiation
B. good absorbers and good emitters of radiation
C. poor emitters but good reflectors of radiation
D. poor emitters and poor reflectors of radiation

8. A mass of 0.5kg is attached to one end of a helical spring and produces an extension of 2.5cm. The mass now set into vertical oscillation of amplitude 10mm . The period of oscillation is : (g = 10m/s 2 )
A. 0.33s
B. 100s
C. 200s
D. 280s

9. A gas at constant pressure of 4.0 x 10 5 Pa is cooled so that its volume decreases from 1.6m 3 to 1.2m 3 . What work is performed by the gas?
A.
6.4 x 10 5 J
B.
3.2 x 10 5 J
C.
1.6 x 10 5 J
D.
0.4 x 10 5 J

10. A transformer is connected to a 240V supply. The primary coil has 40 turns, and the secondary is found to be 960V. What is the ratio of the number of turns of the primary coil to the number of turns of the secondary coil?
A. 1:4
B. 4:1
C. 1:6
D. 6:1

11. An automobile is traveling at 60km/hr. Calculate the angular velocity of the 0.35m radius wheels.
A. 16.67 rad/s
B. 47.6 rad/s
C. 21 rad/s
D. 171.4 rad/s

12. Which of the following phenomena cannot be explained by the molecular theory of matter ?
A. evaporation
B. expansion
C. conduction
D. radiation

13. Which of the following is not true about an object that is projected upwards at angle 0
A. the velocity is maximum at the maximum height
B. the acceleration along the horizontal direction of zero
C. the maximum range (R max ) for an object moving with speed u is given by u 2 /g
D. the time it takes to get the maximum height is equal to the time it takes to come back to the point of projection

14. For a particle having an x coordinate that varies in time according to the expression x = 4t – 2t 2 . The instantaneous velocity for the particle at a t = 2.5 is:
A. 12m/s
B. 6m/s
C. 0m/s
D. 10m/s

15. Which of the following statement is not true?
A. electric field intensity is force per unit charge
B. electric potential is a vector
C. the S.l unit of electric field strength is N/C
D. electric field intensity is equal to potential gradient

16. An air bubble at the bottom of a lake has a volume of 20cm 3 , pressure of 4.9Pa, and temperature 4 0 C. and the pressure 1.0Pa. Find the volume as the bubble reaches the surface (Take 1 atm = 1.0 x 10 5 N/m 2 )
A.
124cm 3
B.
319cm 2
C.
60cm 3
D.
104cm 3

17. An 0.040Kg string 0.80m long is stretched and vibrated in a fundamental model with a frequency of 40Hz. What is the speed (of propagation) of the wave and the tension in the string?
A. 64m/s
B. 340m/s
C. 32m/s
D. 128m/s

18. A long jumper leaves th e ground at an angle of 20 0 above the horizontal and at a speed of 11m/s. How far does it jump in the horizontal direction?
A. 0.384m
B. 7.94m
C. 8.45m
D. 0m

19. If the force of gravity of an object of mass m, the gravitational field strength , g, is given by the following equation:
A.
g = (mF) 1/2
B. g = mF
C.
g = m(F) 1/2
D. g = F/m

20. If 21g of alcohol of density 0.7gcm -3 is mixed with 10g of water, what would be the density of the resulting mixture?
A.
780gcm -3
B.
0.78gcm -3
C.
30gcm -3
D.
10gcm -3

21. Which of the following statements is not TRUE about a body performing simple harmonic motion?
A. the linear speed is the product of the angular speed and the radius or amplitude
B. the linear accleration is the product of the square of the angular speed and the displacement
C. frequency is the number of complete revolution per second made by a vibrating body
D. the S.l unit of amplitude is Hertz (Hz)

22. A boat is passing under a bridge. The deck of the boat is 15m below the bridge. A small package is to be dropped from the bridge onto the deck of the boat when the boat is 25m from just below the drop point. What (boat) speed is necessary to have the package land in the boat [g = 9.8m/s 2 ]
A. 17m/s
B. 14m/s
C. 1.7m/s
D. 4.9m/s

23. When three coplanar non-parallel are in equilibrium . Which of the following is false?
A. they can be represented in magnitude and direction by the three sides of a triangle taken in order
B. the lines of action meet at a point
C. the magnitude of the force equals the magnitude of the resultant of the other two forces
D. any one force is the equivalent of the two.

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OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY 2006 POST UME SCREENING TEST
ENGLISH LANGUAGE

From the words lettered A – E, choose the word that is alike in meaning to the
word underlined.

1. The man is known to be a sly. I won’t trust him with anything. This means the
man is know as a (a) deceiver (b) thief (c) kidnapper(d) rogue (e) burglar

2. The woman was happy because her gorgeous dressing made her quite obtrusive. The
woman was very (a) appreciate (b) proud (c)good (d) noticeable (e) excellent

3. Andrew made some bellicose statement about his strength to other boys in the
street. This means that Andrew
(a) is a brave man (b) Wishes to fight (c) is a coward (d) loves to help others with his
power (e) has a lot of power

4. Scrupulous politicians do not have a place in the Nigerian politics. Scrupulous
politicians are (a) honest (b) dishonest (c) corrupt (d) good-nature(e) insincere

5. The excuse that he forgot about the meeting was a flimsy one. This means the excuse
was (a) very bad (b) a complete lie (c) difficult to believe (d) not important (e) a very good one
From the alternatives suggested, select the answer that best expresses the same
meaning as the expression italicized in each exercise.

6. I wonder if you would allow me to put out the fire. (a) I might (b) I can (c) I should (d) I
have to (e)All of them

7. Don’t take the plate away; it is possible for the owner to ask for it. (a) the owner
might (b) the owner can (c) the owner is going to (d) the owner will come to
(e) none of them

8. I know a carpenter that knows how to make that kind of wardrobe(a) could (b) has
the – know-how (c) can (d) can be able (e) may be able to

9. Frances, where is your male visitor? Don’t lie to me, it is not possible that he has gone
through the high window. (a) he couldn’t have (b) he can’t have (c) he shouldn’t (d) he
mustn’t have (e) None of them.

10. When your great-grandmother was in Vietnam, did she have the ability to speak
Chinese? (a) had she been able (b) was she enabled (c) could she (d) how possible was it
for her (e) None of them

11. My father made no bones about telling his friend how he felt about his behaviour.
This means that my father (a) spoke well to his friend about his behaviour
(b) spoke honestly to his friend about his behaviour (c) spoke in the open to his friend
about his behaviour (d) spoke hesitantly to his friend about his behaviour
(e) spoke with all his might to his friend about has behaviour

12. After much talk, my brother thought it was to hit the hay. This means that my
brother thought it was time to (a) make hay while the sun shines (b) burn the collection
of hay (c) go to bed (d) keep quiet (e) tell the others off

13. The housemaster was foaming in the mouth when he discovered the some students
had sneaked out of t6he hostel. This means the house master (a) was very sad
(b) had epilepsy (c) became silent and calculative (d) was uncontrollably furious (e) was
jittery

14. Who told Mabel she could sing? She really laid an egg at the talent show. This means
(a) Mabel’s performance was very embarrassing (b) Mabel’s
performance was very interesting (c) Mabel’s performance was very impressive (d)
Mabel’s performance was not very bad (e) Mabel’s performance was like that of a hen
laying an egg

15. Mr. Johnson is on the warpath because his car broke down again. This means Mr.
Johnson is (a) ready to fight his mechanic
(b) started fighting the government because the road was bad (c) very infuriated
(d) fighting a war with his family in the car (e) drawing a battle in between him and his
mechanic

FOR QUESTIONS 16-20, choose among the options A – E the word that is nearest in
meaning to the italicized word in each of the sentences

16. As he watched the winning film his face remained inscrutable. (a) unreadable
(b) pale (c) unfriendly (d) impossible to please (e) enjoyed

17. He resented being criticized every time by his boss.
(a) preferred (b) abhorred (c) ignored (d) carefully considered (e) enjoyed

18. The President announced that all political prisoners have been pardoned. (a)
condemned (b) severely rebuked (c) banished (d) reprieved (e) released

19. The most striking thing about the just-concluded World-Cup Final in Germany was
the complete eclipse of the defending champion – Brazil
(a) sudden disappearance (b) defeat (c) failure (d) brilliant performance (e) arrogance

20. His latest album has done much to boast his reputation as a writer (a) increase (b)
establish(c) nourish (d) destroy (e) decrease

For question 21 – 25, choose from the options A – E the word or phrase opposite in
meaning to the underlined word.

21. Andrew is too garrulous for my liking (a) dull (b) apathetic (c) laconic (d) easy going (e) dumb

22. The man holds parochial view on almost every issue. (a) rational (b) realistic (c) popular (d) broad- minded (e) sensible

23. The doctor certified the tumour malignant (a) benign (b) ripe (c) painless (d) dangerous (e) slow

24. The people appreciated the chairman for his invaluable contributions to the
community’s development. (a) worthless (b) costly (c) unrecognized (d) incalculable (e)meaningless

25. Your idea on this issue seems to me quite novel. (a) bookish (b) dangerous (c)
archaic (d) genuine (e) good

26. Which of the following statements is true with regard to summary writing? (a)
Details are more important than main ideas (b) Main ideas are more important than
examples (c) Illustrations are more important than main ideas (d) Elaborations,exemplifications
and details are more important than main ideas (e) None of the above

Choose the appropriate option to complete the following:

27. God should take control of the heart of the organizers of this Post-UME screening
exercise, they should not make this test ________than UME (a) more tough
(b) more tougher (c) much tougher (d) more much tougher

28. At the crusade, we prayed to God to ______________this on us.(a) breath His
breathe (b) breathe His breath (c) breathe His breathe (d) breath His breath

29. The Chairman, Committee of Deans needs to see your friend Dele urgently, do you
know his ? (a) where and about (b) where abouts (c) where about (d) where and abouts

30. “As from now, this university will have zero tolerance for any form of malpractice”
said the Vice- Chancellor. The Vice-Chancellor said that (a) as from then, that university
would have zero tolerance for any form of malpractice (b) as from how, this university
would have zero tolerance for any form of malpractice (c) as from then, his university
will have zero tolerance for any form of malpractice (d) as from then, that university
would begin to have zero tolerance for any form of malpractice

31. The teacher took me for one of those students who could not spell such words as
(a) ‘miscelanous and mainainance’
(b) ‘miscelaneous and meintainance’
(c) ‘miscellaneous and maintenance’
(d) ‘miscellanous and maintainance’

ANSWER KEY
1. A 2 D 3 B 4D 5 C 6B 7A 8 C 9 A 10C 11B
12 C 13 D 14 A 15 C 16 A 17 B 18 E 19 A 20 B 21C 22D
23 A 24A 25 C 26 B 27 A 28 B 29C 30 B 31 C

Please conduct you own diligence check to be sure the suggested answers are correct.

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OAU PHYSICS 2009 POST-UTME

1. What is the number of neutrons in the Uranium isotope 238 92 X?
A. 92
B. 146
C. 238
D. 320
E. 119

2. Which of the following is not contained in a dry cell?
A. carbon rod
B. paste of magnesium chloride
C. paste of ammonium chloride
D. zinc case
E. copper rod

3. A device that converts sound energy into electrical energy is
A. The horn of a motor car
B. An AC microphone
C. A microphone
D. The telephone earpiece
E. A loud speaker

4. The refractive index of a liquid is 1.5. If the velocity of light in a vacuum is 3.0 x 10 8 m/s, the velocity in the liquid is
A.
1.5 x 10 8 m/s
B.
2.0 x 10 8 m/s
C.
3.0 x 10 8 m/s
D.
4.5 x 10 8 m/s
E.
9.0 x 10 8 m/s

5. The product of PV where P is pressure and V is volume has the same unit as
A. force
B. power
C. energy
D. acceleration
E. all the above

6. I f the force on a change 0.2 coulomb in an electric field is 4N, then the electric intensity of the field is
A. 0.8
B. 0.8N
C. 20.0N/C
D. 4.2N/C
E. 20.0C/N

7. A household refrigerator is rated 200 watts. If electricity costs 5K per kwh, what is the cost of operating it for 20 days?
A. N4.80
B. N48.00
C. N480.00
D. N4800.00
E. N240.00

8. T o find the depth of the sea, a ship sends out a sound wave and receives an echo after one second. If the velocity of sound in water is 1500m/s, what is the depth of the sea?
A. 0.75km
B. 1.50km
C. 2.20km
D. 3.00km
E. 3.75km

9. Which of the following is common to evaporation and boiling ? They
A. take place at any temperature
B. are surface phenomenon
C. involve change of state
D. take place at a definite pressure
E. none of the above

10. A train has an initial velocity of 44m/s and an acceleration of -4m/s. What is its velocity after 10 seconds
A. 2m/s
B. 4m/s
C. 8m/s
D. 12m/s
E. 16m/s

11. T he height at which the atmosphere ceases to exist is about 80km. If the atmospheric pressure on the ground level is 760mmHg, the pressure at a height on the ground level is 760mmHg, the pressure at a height of 20km above the ground level is?
A. 380mmHg
B. 570mmHg
C. 190mHg
D. 480mmHg

12. The resistance of a wire depends on
A. The length of the wire
B. The diameter of the wire
C. The temperature of the wire
D. The resistivity of the wire
E. All of the above

13. W hen a yellow card is observed through a blue glass, the card would appear as
A. black
B. green
C. red
D. white
E. purple

14. I f two masses 40g and 60g respectively, are unattached firmly to the end of a light metre rule , what is the center of gravity of the system?
A. the mid point of the meter rule
B. 40cm from the lighter m
C. 40km from the heavier mass
D. 60cm from the heavier mass
E. undetermined because the meter rule is light

15. T he force with which an object is attracted to the earth is called………..
A. Acceleration
B. Mass
C. Gravity
D. Impulse
E. Weight

16. Which of the following instrument has a pure tone ?
A. guitar
B. vibrating string
C. turning fork
D. screen
E. horns

17. Which of these is not a fundamental S.l unit ?
A. Meter
B. Ampere
C. Kelvin
D. Second
E. Radian

18. A radio wave has a velocity of 3 x 10 8 m/s . If a radio station sends out a broadcast on a frequency 800KH 3 , what is the wave length to the broadcast?
A. 375.0m
B. 267.0m
C. 240.0m
D. 37.5m
E. 26.7m

19. A simple pendulum 0.6m long has a period of 1.55. What is the period of a similar pendulum 0.4m long in the same direction
A. 3.1s
B. 3.43s
C. 2.26s
D. 1.27s
E. 1.70s

20. The mode of heat transfer which does not require material medium is
A. conduction
B. radiation
C. convection
D. propagation

21. The resistance of a 5m uniform wire of cross sectional area of 0.2 x 10 -6 m 2 is0.45ohms .What is the resistivity of the material of the wire?
A.
1.80 x 10 -8 ohms m
B.
4.25 x 10 -6 ohms m
C.
2.40 x 10 7 ohms m
D.
1.70 x 10 8 ohms m
E.
1.40 x 10 -8 ohms m

22. A man of mass 50kg ascends a flight of stairs 5m high in 5 seconds. If the acceleration due to gravity is 10m/s , the power expended is
A. 100w
B. 300w
C. 250w
D. 400w
E. 500w

23. Four lenses are being considered for use as a microscope object, which of the following focal length is most suitable?
A. -5mm
B. +5mm
C. -5cm
D. +5cm
E. -5.5cm

24. Two strings of the same length and under the same tension gives notes of frequencies in the ratio 4:1 . The masses of the strings are in the rates of
A. 2:1
B. 1:2
C. 1:4
D. 1:7
E. 1:16

25. A machine has a velocity ratio of 5. If it requires a 50kg of weight to overcome 200kg weight, the efficiency is
A. 4%
B. 5%
C. 40%
D. 50%
E. 80%

SYNOPSIS/PLOT OF “WOMEN OF OWU” BY FEMI OSOFISAN FOR WAEC/NECO LITERATURE EXAMS (58)

women_of_owu_…staged in Britain

Scene by Scene Summary

Scene 1

The play opens with the sad event of the war that left the Owu City in complete ruin. Two women sent to fetch water met with an old man who asked to know what city it is that lies in utter ruins, shouldering. The women in response gave the account of the devastating war and the brutality the allied forces from Ife,Ijebu and the mercenary soldiers from Ibadan unleashed on the city; how they destroyed every male, both young and old, sparing only the beautiful women and those of the royal line, to keep as booty, especially for the generals. They feared for the old man and advised him to run for dear life before the soldiers would sight him and waste him as they did to other men of the city.
They were shocked when they discovered that the old man is Anlugbua, their ancestral god who also is one of the founders of the city. The women at this revelation raised alarmed and later expressed their disappointment at
Anlugbua’s late coming; for they believed if he had come, as they expected any god would to defend his worshipers, the city would had been spared. But Anlugbua told them that the oath he took many years ago when he was departing prevented him from coming to their aid unless either the priests, chiefs or the diviners invoke his spirit as instructed.
The women, in describing the gory attack, gave detailed account of what was responsible for the people’s plight.Okunade, the Maye led the allied forces under the pretext of rescuing the oppressed Owu people from the despot king, Oba Akinjobi; and for seven years his army camped around the city after failed attempt to penetrate and invade it.Okunade, the notable craftsman had abandoned his trade to train as a soldier and in the process rose in ranks to become the Maye, to avenge his favorite wife, Iyunloye, who was taken captive alongside others, by the Owu soldier when they invaded the Apomu Market.
Owu City was built round with very formidable walls and gate which kept the invaders off. Unfortunately for the people of the city, there arose a drought in the third year of the siege, which brought about untold hardship, hunger, disease and death among the people. In the face of these suffering, the people did not relent in sacrificing to the gods. The famine had been severe that in the fourth year of the siege, the city gate having being shut away from the invaders, they endured till the seventh years when one day the city woke up to see that their allied forces had left after seven years of futile attempts. They did not know that it was a tactics used to deceive them.
While the city was celebrating the end of the siege, they were shocked seeing their city set ablaze. This forced them to axe down the city gate to escape death. The soldiers who hid in the forest came out at once and unleashed terror on the people. Those who attempted to counter had lesser weapons to fight back as they had only their cutlasses and incantations as against the formidable guns the forces acquired in the course of trading with the Europeans on the coast of Lagos.
A night prior this attack, Oba Adejobi and some of his chiefs had escaped from the city through some of the secret exit routes. In the process, the sacred places were then desecrated by the allied armies who killed both men and women who ran there for refuge.
Anlugbua and the women parted, both to nurse their pains: Anlugbua to mourn the loss of a dear city and worshipers; the women the loss of their beloved ones and the bitter experience of slavery.

Scene 2
The air is pervaded with the lamentation of the women as they mourn their losses. The marauding allied forces had finally turned the once-flourishing city of Owu Iponle, which they besieged for seven year, into a ‘relic of history.’
Erelu Afin, the queen of Oba Adejobi, sprawled on the ground, mourning. Her eyes already have grown weary of shedding tears but now full of talk as she counted her losses and the fate that is yet to befall her.
Other women who are as well victims of the war, and who seemed to have accepted their fate, made every attempt to placate her to take courage since the loss is irreversible. They took turn to tell her that they were all witnesses of all the ills that befell her, that the memory of the horrible death of the princes as well as the rape of the princesses stuck still to them. They also reminded her that they too lost things of greater values to the war.
During the invasion, all the five princes who are sons of Erelu Afin were slaughtered in the full glare of other helpless survivors. The same soldiers also raped the princesses who ‘were engaged already to be married to kings’.
The women in their sorrow cursed the soldiers who wrought the terrible acts in their city while they attempted to go back to their homes. They made a pronouncement that they would be afflicted and would not get back to their motherlands.
While in their lamentation, the women made reference to The Apomu market which was the supposed cause of their doom. The market was notable for its uncommon merchandise and thus had attracted people from different lands for trading purposes in prized goods such as gold, silk, ivory and slaves. This market had been in contention between the people of Owu Iponle, the Ifes and the Ijebus. Some years before this particular war, the Owu forcefully took control of the market from the Ifes, killing their traders and attacking the Ijebu traders whom they felt were threat to them. The Owu soldiers looted the stalls of the Ijebu traders, killed many of them and sold others as slaves.
Erelu Afin then observed that the soldiers as they put out the fire and started packing their loot with the readiness to embark on their journey home. So she called the attention of the women to this. They all realized at this point that it was pointless to contest their fate as each of them would be shared out among the soldier also as booty.
Then the two women who met Anlugbua arrived with the news. The news of the coming of Anlugbua, their ancestral father was welcome with much delight and they immediately braced up, calling on other women who were hiding to join them to face the soldiers. To them the coming of Anlugbua suggested the intervention of the gods. The women were soon disappointed when they got the news that Anlugbua himself conceded to defeat and had returned to heaven as a helpless victim.
Hearing this disheartening tale, they then encouraged themselves to be ready for a life in slavery. So they danced on to the dirge the chorus raised.
WATCH A BIT OF THE ELECTRIC STAGE PERFORMANCE HERE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXiAhW1ty8U

Scene 3
Lawumi appeared to Anlugbua who still remained at the spot where he appeared to the two women of Owu brooding over the destruction of his beloved city. He made to move away from Lawunmi whom he knew was responsible for the destruction. Lawumi did not deny but persuaded Anlugbua to wait to hear her reason for allowing it. The meeting finally turned into a historical discourse over what was responsible for the fall of the Owu Kingdom.
Lawumi explained that she incited and edged the allied forces on to perpetuate the destructive war because of Owu Iponle’s arrogance against her and Ife which was the origin of the city of Owu. She went into the account of the sins of the Owu in the past and how they started the fire:
-Owu’s early attack on Ife and Ijebu traders at the Apomu Market.
-Owu Iponle held the belief that they were the superior kingdom among  the seven Yoruba kingdoms.
These were some of the allegations Lawumi leveled against them.:
-Owu, though founded by Oba Asunkungbade, was founded with the help and blessings of Ife. Asunkungbade was then a priest who married Lawunmi, an Ife princess; and for this Lawunmi’s father agreed to crown him king. Thus Owu Iponle became one of the seven kingdoms of Yoruba. Owu prospered in the course of time and became a very formidable city and was very prosperous. One of the reasons for Owu’s prosperity was the slave trade. It was an act that violated the law Sango among l the Yoruba kingdoms. Sango had decreed that no Yoruba should sell other Yoruba into slavery. Thus, Ife attacked Owu at the Apomu Market which served the Owu Kingdom as her slave market. It was the source of Owu Iponle’s prosperity. Owu then sent its army against Ife and razed it down, reducing it to dust to retaliate the earlier Ife attack.
These are the details Lawumi gave for the dreadful attack the allied forces visited on the city of Owu Iponle. She was also determined to punish the allied forces because of their disregards for not sparing those who ran into her groove for refuge and for desecrating the sacred places as well as defiling Orisaye who was Obatala’s vestal votary. For these she persuaded Anlugbua to team up with her in meting out the punishment.
She informed him that Esu, Orisa Oko and Ogun had already promised to lend helping hands too.

Scene 4
Gesinde, an Ijebu officer and the herald to the allied forces came just as the women had anticipated to relay the decision of the generals to Erelu Afin. Gesinde had been known to the Owu Kingdom being the one who had served as the go-between the two armies from the day the kingdom was besieged. Seeing him, Erelu knew he had not come with good news. As far as her memory could recall, she cannot point to a particular time he had borne a single good tiding. So she asked him to relay his order. Gesinde’s order was simple: the women should prepare because they would soon be shared out to their ‘future masters’. He was furious when a woman asked if the sharing would be ‘separately or together’. By this response he confirmed their fear that there would be no preference for none of them no matter the status. He added that he would be taking Orisaye to Balogun Kusa who had requested that she should be added to his harem.
Balogun Kusa did ask for Orisaye because he realised she was a virgin, having been betrothed to Obatala, the god of purity and creativity, since birth.When she could no longer protest what the generals had decided about her daughter Orisaye,Erelu asked him what their decision is about Adeoti, another daughter of hers. Gesinde hesitated
at first, finding it her to tell but when he found his tongue said Adeoti had been sent to a place ‘where pain can no longer reach her’. Although Erelu could not decipher the truth of her daughter’s whereabouts, she knew this officer was hiding something important from her. She further probed what was decided for Kesobo, whose husband, Sakula, died while defending the city, and Iyunloye who was the real cause of the war.As for Kesobo, she was to be be given to Otunba Lekki, the general who killed her husband.Iyunloye’s fate would be announced at a later time at the arrival of Maye Okunade, Iyunade’s wronged husband. He added that Okunade would soon be with them.Erelu persisted at least she needed to know what had been determined for her. To her utter dismay, it was Balogun Derin who asked that she be allocated to him. She lamented what her fate would be in the house of the man she knew as a dog and a double-dealing liar.
Having heard all and no mention of their case was hinted, a woman in the chorus inquired what the generals had decided. She was hushed and told that commoners like them would be visited after the fate of the royal line is sorted out. Gesinde then ordered one of the soldiers who were waiting on him to fetch Orisaye whom her new master had asked to be brought to his camp immediately. But he was stopped at the sight of fire and warned the women against any attempt to commit suicide.
Erelu seeing how Gesinde felt jittery scolded him for being frightened at the sight of Orisaye running around with a torch. She explained that such display was the impact of shock she experienced through the war that ravaged the city. Orisaye, who was deranged, emerged with the torch in her hand and pleaded that no one should take it away but should get his instead. She already knew what the generals decided and so began to tell them what the torch was meant for. She knelt before her mother to ask to stop crying for her and beg for the mother’s blessing.
In her ranting she declared what fate awaited her prospective husband and her own end. Her ranting which she claimed are revelations shown to her by Obatala was dismissed as incoherent babbling and futile prophecies on unsound lips.
Gesinde at last began to deride the prophecy, imagining how Balogun Kusa who was revered and feared from Nupe Kingdom down to the Dahomey Kingdom could be smitten by a mad woman; and wonder how the general could stoop to ask for a woman who is known to all as unsound mind when there was a bee-hive of beautiful women who would be glad to marry him.
As he made to take Orisaye away, he notified Erelu that it would soon be her turn soon as Balogun Derin is ready to set out. Orisaye was furious at the news of her mother becoming a slave to Balogun Derin’s wife as declared by Gesinde. She cursed Gesinde for uttering such bad statement. She announced to him that her mother would die on Owu’s soil and not being taken away as a slave. Gesinde asked her how Erelu would die since he was ready to prevent anyone attempting suicide. But Orisaye chose to keep her response as a secret not meant for the ears of an enemy. Instead she declared that Balogun Derin whose homeland was just three weeks away from Owu would wander for seventeen years in suffering, anguish and fighting without respite before reaching it.
Orisaye danced as she was being led away. Erelu, unable to bear this, fainted. The women rushed to help her. When she came to, she was mad with them for rescuing her from the claws of death and rebuked the woman who suggested they call on the gods for help. She shifted the blame of it all on the gods for being silent in times like this.
They started recalling what state they were in the previous day, that is, a day before the annihilation; how all the streets of Owu were in jubilation when they thought the invaders had left the city gates, seeing they all had deserted their camps, no smoke, or movement was perceived and no horse in sight. This departure of the allied forces marked the beginning of a new life for the city besieged for seven years. What the people of Owu thought was the end of famine and travailed soon became a bloodbath.

First, arrows bearing torches were fired into the city. The thatches of the roofs caught fire. In a twinkling of an eye, the whole city was on fire and everyone began to scurry for safety. There was chaos in the streets because there were no more places to hide. Smoke from the balls of fire engulfed every corner of the city of Owu. People headed straight for the gates in blind daze. In panic, the gates were hacked down. It was too late for them to realize they had been deceived.

The enemies who had gone to hide in the surrounding forest opened fire on the helpless victims whose best weapons were only cutlasses and incantations. This gruesome massacre was blamed again on the gods who had reclined at the time the city needed them the most for defense and deliverance but who let them face destruction alone. The women hinted at what the Owu priests told them when the siege was on: that Owu’s fate was the handiwork of Lawumi. Rather than just accepting their plight in good faith, the women decided to rain curses on the allied soldiers.

Scene 5
The actions to be taken lingered till the dawn of another day as the women awaited the order of their new masters who would take them away. They were still in mourning as they raised their dirge. The delay was owing to the misunderstanding that ensued among the generals over the sharing of the loots.
Just then the women observed an approaching figure. It was Adumaadan, the widow of Prince Lisabi, with her son, Aderogun, strapped to her back. Adumaadan had asked her new master to allow her fetch whatever belongings she could in the rubble. Erelu Afin’s agony surged up again by the memory of the loss of her child which is responsible for Adumaadan’s fate. Rather than looking her mother-in-law with pity, Adumaadan fired back at her for the role she played in aiding the hand of destruction on the city.
Many years ago, when Dejumo was born, the gods decreed he be killed because he was destined to bring destruction on the city of Owu. Because Erelu would not allow it, the child was spared. Erelu became very protective knowing what she had done to preserve her child’s life. It was because of this that Adumaadan had held on to the belief that if it was only Dejumo she loved amongst her sons.
When he grew up, Dejumo was the one who took Iyunloye to wife when she was brought in among those captives taken from Apomu Market. Iyunloye was then the wife of Okunade, the notable craft man who had turned to Maye. It was because of her Okunade came to take revenge against Dejumo who took his wife after he finally learnt where Iyunade was taken to.
Erelu then reminded Adumaadan that she only lost a husband, but she lost her husband, her five sons and a daughter safe, believing she still had Orisaye and Adeoti only to be told Adeoti was slaughtered during the onslaught. Adumaadan told her she found her dead at the entrance of the shrine of the goddess Lawunmi. Then Erelu realized what Gesinde meant when he said Adeoti had been sent to a place where pain can no longer reach her. While she mourned for her daughter,she thanked Adumaadan for the kindness she showed her daughter in closing her eyes and pouring sand on her which was the last respect given to the dead.
Adumaadan considered Adeoti lucky because death had freed her from such terrible fate the survivors would have to experience. She pitied herself the most for being completely hopeless.
She blamed her devotion to her late husband which she considered was what opened her up for the reason for being picked by her new man. For this Erelu cautioned her and encouraged her to learn to cope with the new life since she still had the boy. For as long as the boy lived, the kingdom was not wiped out.
While saying this, Gesinde, whom Erelu addressed as ‘man of misfortune’, came in to announce to them what new order the generals had given that the boy should be killed. Balogun Derin warned the allied forces that as long as the boy lived, their own future is not safe if they spare a single heir to the Owu throne. Having warned the women not to resist, Adumaadan gave up the child and requested she hold him to her bosom for some moment before she finally surrendered him to be killed. Since it was a taboo to shoot a baby, the instruction was that its head must be bashed against the tree to crush its skull.
As the boy was being taken away, the women raised a dirge to mourn the ‘last hope of the land and last lamp that is about to be extinguished’. Not long after the dirge was raised, Maye Okunade emerged with a detail of armed soldiers. He ordered that there be silence and announced to them that he had come to decide the fate of Iyunloye having had his rival Prince Adejumo killed through the hand of one of the lower ranked soldiers. He had concluded she would be killed but how and where are what he had not finalized. He ordered two of his detail to bring Iyunloye out dragging her by the hair from amongst the women. He wanted to hear her screaming for mercy.
Erelu on hearing this was please beyond measure and felt vindicated by the gods for the first time. She told Okunade he would have her blessings if he killed her. Her request startled him, and he asked if she ever knew him. Erelu introduced herself, telling how she was connected in the episode. She warned Okunade ahead of time not to look Iyunade in the eye because that could call up the affecting he thought had died in him years back.
Just as she said, Iyunade cunningly got him to listen to her side of the story. All she could do to keep Okunade’s memory was to continue with the making of adire cloth and named it after him as Faari Okunade. She countered that all her effort to escape from the kingdom were aborted discarding the evidences Erelu gave against her.
Okunade asked his men to take Iyunloye away to his tent to ride in his caravan as she would be stoned by the women of Ife who joined in the search with their husbands and lost them in the process.
Though Erelu could not contest Maye Okunade’s final decision she advised him to let Iyunade ride in a different caravan to avoid being won over and the hand of justice averted. Okunade left for his caravan and Iyunade was also led off. At this victory, Erelu raised a song of victory.
While the women rejoiced, Gesinde comes in to deliver the baby’s corpse along with Adumaadan’s last wish for her baby’s burial. He relayed to them the current state of things at the generals’ camps. Orisaye’s prophecies had started to find fulfillment. Otunba Lekki left in a hurry because he received a message that war had broken out back at home and his father’s throne had been seized.After according the baby the honor, some women took it away to be buried.
They observed fresh fire burning in the palace. Gesinde came in at the same moment and explained that they were instructed to be razed down whatever might still be standing. He told them that very soon, the horn would be blown which would suggest they all have to march along to the caravans with their captors to their new destinations.
Then Erelu announced to the women that it was to say goodbye but the chorus leader reminded her she owed the departed souls one last duty being ‘the mother of the city and the only mouth left to speak to the ancestors’. After much persuasion, she agreed to take up the responsibility. The women asked Gesinde and other soldiers to excuse them and that they would join the caravan a moment after since the ritual must not be done in the presence of a stranger. Gesinde agreed, but instructed them to be brief and left.
The women raised the song of invocation, broke into two columns of choruses dancing around Erelu. Erelu and the chorus leaders soon were conducted into a trance. As the incantatory chant got to the climax Erelu was possessed by the spirit of Anlugbua. The same moment Anlugbua himself appeared at the scene, watching. Erelu voice changed as she responded to the chant declaring the mind and the position of the gods and what had been determined against the land and the survivors before he finally departed. Erelu screamed as the spirit of Anlugbua left her and she collapsed. It took the women a while before they realized she was dead.
Anlugbua who stood on the other side then responded, making his comment on the effect of war on both the living and the gods. He promised to see to it that Owu rises again, though not on the same site where it was and not as a single city again just as Lawumi would not allow it to be so. But Owu was to come back as little communities elsewhere within the cities of Yorubaland; which was ‘the only atonement that can be made against ceaseless volition of self-destruction’.
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INTRODUCTION TO “WOMEN OF OWU” BY FEMI OSOFISAN FOR WAEC/NECO LITERATURE EXAMS (57)

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INTRODUCTION TO WOMEN OF OWU (THE TROJAN WOMEN OF YORUBA LAND)

NO.1
Owu was a city-state in the south of current Nigeria which was under siege for seven years by the combined armies of Ijebu and Ife, as well as mercenaries recruited from the Oyo refugees. [ The city was attacked under the guise of liberating a market from their control but in the end all men and children were murdered, women were taken as slaves, and the city was burned to the ground.

The play would be fantastic to see live, as it is not only a play but also full of music and dirges. These dirges are transcribed and translated in the back of the book  as the author notes.But their essence is to be distilled more from the mood and atmosphere they create? So, simply reading the translated lyrics really doesn’t do them justice. Simply reading them and imagining them sung, especially as they fit in to the play itself, is still rather evocative and one
can get a sense of what an experience the live play would be.

Although based on a play which was written so long ago, and based on events that happened over a hundred years ago, the events discussed still feel so current to our own times

“WOMEN OF OWU” BY FEMI OSOFISAN

NO. 2.

  WOMEN OF OWU re-enacts the bitter and gory historical experiences of the people of the then Owu Kingdom which happened sometimes around 1821. What is shown in this play is the aftermath experiences of war, the defeat and the accompanying sorrow and pangs of the survivors who are women of nobility and beauty.

NO.3.

This is an African retelling of Euripides: an unnervingly topical story of a people and a beloved city destroyed by the brutality of war.  The play was first performed in Lagos in 2003 under the distinguished director Chuck Mike, and subsequently toured the UK. The author introduces his work:

‘….In 1821, the combined forces of the armies of two Yoruba kingdoms ransacked the city of Owu. Owu was a model city-state, one of the most prosperous and best organized of those times. The Allied Forces attacked it with the pretext of liberating the flourishing Apomu market They slaughtered all the males and carried the females into slavery.Owu was never rebuilt…So it was quite logical that as I pondered over this adaptation of Euripides’ play in the season of the Iraqi war that the memories awakened in me should be those of the tragic Owu war…’

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NO.4.

A group of women, the only spoils of a devastating war, sit and mourn for their dead and for their own shattered lives. The victors, detached and arrogant, meet somewhere to decide the fate of those women.
This is Euripides’ The Trojan Women, seamlessly transferred to Yorubaland, Nigeria, for The Women of Owu.
In Femi Osofisan’s hands, what might have been a simple transference produces reverberations that power the play.
Iraq? Troy? Kosovo? Yorubaland? In a controlled, powerful, convincing, beautiful drama, Collective Artistes present us with the broken mirror images of ancient, merely past, and contemporary history.
The mating of Greek tragedy and African history is a masterstroke, and the telling of the story in the hands of this cast is clear and uncluttered.
The plot is very simple: the dispersal of the women to their conquerors, to become servants, or concubines or slaves.
Director Chuck Mike and his choreographer have rehearsed the actors in the rhythms and movements of Nigerian dance and song, and from somewhere the actors have learned the difficult trick of maintaining dramatic tension.
The audience never escapes from the palms of their hands. The result is a drama in which the ritualistic and the naturalistic work in tandem to total effect.
Though gods rant and quarrel like market traders, the mortal women combine in sinuous choral speaking accompanied by soft drums and rattles, and the tragedy sings itself into one’s head.
In a cast that genuinely justifies the term ensemble, there are still standouts. In the Hecuba part, Tosan Edremoda Ugbeye plays Erelu with regal breadth. Restraining herself from seeking sympathy from the audience, she acts with horror in her eyes, beyond any understanding of what has happened.
Her faith in the gods is shattered forever. “We were always alone, we just did not know,” she says. Even her compassion is a victim of the war, now that mourning will achieve nothing.
As foil to her, Tunde Euba gives us Gesinde, the messenger of the conquerors who is the perpetual foot soldier, carrying out his orders, preserving his own life when death is a commonplace.
He is amusing, getting genuine laughs, and chilling. He would be capable of cracking a joke while turning on the gas taps at Auschwitz.
As Adumaadan, the only Owu woman left with a living male child, Hazel Holder moves the audience to and beyond tears. Her motherly sensitivity still intact, she is crushed with the others into the wreckage of Owu. The match between her acting and the writing produced true brilliance, and her slow, heartbroken exit was itself heartbreaking.
There are fine cameos from Rex Obano as the artist-turned conqueror, Okunade, bestriding the stage like a colossus, and Louisa Eyo as the mother goddess, Lawumi, fly-whisking morality away to give space for petulance.
“Better than the original” would be a plug too far, but The Women of Owu is a rare thing, a work of beauty, exciting and, oddly, original beyond any expectations. The play and the production are, simply, superb.
Characters
ANLUGBUA                   Former Owu war leader, son of Oba Asunkungbade, ancestral founder of  Owu Ipole, now deified as Orisa.
LAWUMI                         Mother of Oba Asunkungbade, now also deified.
ERELU AFIN                   Wife of Oba Akinjobi, the reigning Olowu of Owu Iponle.
GESINDE                         Ijebu soldier, herald and staff officer of the Allied Army.
ORISAYE                          Half-mad daughter of Erelu, votary of the god Obatala.
ADUMAADAN                Widow of Lisabi, grandson of Erelu.
OKUNADE                      The MAYE, Ife war leader, General of the Allied Forces.
IYUNLOYE                      Erring wife of the Maye.
CHORUS LEADER
CHORUS OF OWU WOMEN
SOLDIERS

What are the themes in Femi Osofisan’s  ‘Women of Owu’?

-Ungratefulness, greed, war, revenge, disloyalty ,prophesy, unfaithfulness, wickedness, disobedience of man(man versus gods),shallow-mindedness.

-The relationship of man and the supernatural has remain an interesting topic in the world of literature.

-Several writers have either made man win or lose to these forces beyond the reach of the layman… The fact that Lawumi asked and gave aide to  Owu enemies to defeat their craddle home… And also her ruining the Ijebu alliance forces with the help of Anlugba… Shows that men are just cards in the hands of these divine beings…

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