A Passage To Africa

Question 1

What happened in this story?

Answer 1

George alagiah writes about his experiences in Somalia. He sees a girl die as her mother is gone out and he watches a man’s smile which he still remembers and wants to meet the man again.

Question 2

What is the context?

Answer 2

• BBC newsreader and used to be a reporter and was sent to Africa to write about the civil war in 1990

Question 3

Purpose of this text?

Answer 3

Reflects thoughts about how the events have changed since the original event.

Question 4

Language used?

Answer 4

• emotive language (“I saw a thousand hungry, lean, scared and betrayed faces”)
• simile (“the search for the shocking is like the craving for a drug”)
• rhetorical question (“what was it about that smile”)
• listing

Question 5

Structure of the text?

Answer 5

• given an image of disgust and repulsion

Question 6

What is the triplet?

Answer 6

Simple, frictionless, motionless deliverance

Question 7

Quotes about the man?

Answer 7

• “what was it about that smile”
• “my nameless friend”
• “the face i will never forget”

Question 8

Quote about habiba?

Answer 8

“ habiba had died. No rage no whimpering ”

Question 9

Rich vs poor quote

Answer 9

“Between the rich world and poor world”