WASSCE SOLUTION

THE PEOPLING OF SIERRA LEONE Courtesy of Wikipedia Because of the absence of earlier sources of information, it is difficult to tell the historical pattern that existed before the 13th and 14th centuries. Before this period, the information that had filtered to us had been form archaeological research. From such evidence, it is highly probable that this region was inhabited at least by about 2500 BC. The earliest evidence of identity to coastal settlement came from Portuguese records in the 15th century. The name Sierra Leone was derived from the Portuguese name Sierra Lyoa. A Portuguese sailor called Pedro Da Cintra gave the name in 1462 in reference to the country’s mountainous coastline. It was later given the Italian version of the name Sierra Leone. If we want to trace the migration of the present peoples of Sierra Leone, we can begin by looking at their languages. If several languages are similar to one another, we can infer that the people who speak them were once...

A QUICK GLANCE Yeremi usually goes to the market to sell her taffeta cloth. She had changed her tray to a larger one and also had provided a smaller tray for Woye to carry enough dyed cloth to the market. She has in all three wooden trays to take to the market. The smaller tray is for Woye; both people take the finished wares to the Oyedeji market. As a habit, half way to the market, they would rest underneath a particular tree in Fadina village. On arrival at the market, waiting customers would gather around her to desperately select their preferred cloths. Yeremi cloths are in high demand; customers come in the morning and have to wait for her to arrive with her precious goods. Yeremi used to give out her cloth on credit basis, but now she has resolved never to sell her taffeta on credit. She has a record of all her debtors marked on the wall, each debt is represented by a line on the wall. Most people find it difficult to pay back her money. Most of these people can not pay back bec...