UTME 2025: JAMB Approved Literature Texts

This article highlights JAMB approved Literature in English, Igbo, Yoruba, Arabic, and Hausa.

Literature-in-English

• The Lion and the Jewel by Wole Soyinka
• Look Back in Anger by John Osborne
• Second Class Citizen by Buchi Emecheta
• Unexpected Joy at Dawn by Alex Agyei Agyiri
• Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

Arabic

• The Nigerian Arabic Poems: A Case Study Between the Old and the New by Abdulwahab Dan Ladi Shith
• Diwaanur Riyardh: A Collection of Arabic Poems by Dr. Isah Alabi Abubakar
• The Prospect of Arabic Language in Nigeria by Murtadh Badamasi
• A Selection of Pulpit Counseling by Adam Abdullahi Al-Ilory
• Why the Anger on Us by Muhammad Salisu Mai Ango
• The Perfection/Adornment of Pages: A Book of Poems by Abdullahi Bin Fodio

Hausa

• Prose (Zube): Turmin Danya
• Poetry (Waka): Wakokin Hausa
• Drama (Wasan Kwaikwayo): Abin Da Kamar Wuya

Igbo

• Prose (Iduuazi): Chinedu Ofomata (2009). Enugu: Format Publishing Ltd.
• Poetry (Abu): Nolue Emenanjo. Onitsha: Evans Brothers.
• Drama (Ejije): Odunke Artists (1981). Ojaadili. Ibadan: U.P.L.

Yoruba

• Akojopo Alo Ijapa Apa Kin-in-ni by Adeboye Babalola (University Press Plc, Ibadan)
• Awon Oriki Orile Metadinlogbon by Adeboye Babalola (Learn African Plc, Lagos)
• Moremi Ajasoro by Debo Awe (Elyon Publishers, Ilesa)
• Oro Enu Akewi by Ayomide Akanji (Genius Books Publishers, Ibadan)
• Nitori Owo by Akinwumi Isola (Sumob Publishers, Osogbo)

In conclusion, this article provides a comprehensive list of JAMB-approved literary texts across Literature in English, Igbo, Yoruba, Arabic, and Hausa. These books represent a diverse range of genres, cultures, and authors, which are offering students valuable resources to deepen their understanding of language, literature, and cultural heritage.