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Barcelona, Spain, 29 - 31 August 2025
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Stockholm, Sweden, 19 - 21 September 2025
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Paris, France, 7 - 9 November 2025
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Imitation Free
‘Imitation’ is a story about Nkem, a Nigerian woman living in an affluent Philadelphia suburb, whose husband remains in Nigeria most of the year, visiting only occasionally. Nkem's life is defined by...
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May 2024 Paper: Sample Response 9 (Question 1)
This week, we are publishing another Paper 2 response. While this essay scores lower than the other two we’ve published from this question, we find that having a range of essays of varying quality is...
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May 2024 Paper 2: Sample Response 9 (Question 1)
This is the third Paper 2 response we are publishing from the May 2024 exams that answers the first question. Discuss how two works you have studied portray the concept of death. This exemplar does not...
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The Headstrong Historian Free
'The Headstrong Historian' is the final story in the collection, The Thing Around Your Neck, and it deals with many of the issues and themes that have been important in the preceding stories. It is not...
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May 2024 Paper 2: Sample Response 8 (Question 3)
This week, we are publishing another Paper 2 exemplar. We think it is best used in conjunction with the May 2024 Paper 2: Sample Response 7 we recently published. Why? Comparing and contrasting these...
Assessment
May 2024 Paper 2: Sample Response 8 (Question 3)
This is the eighth Paper 2 exemplar we are publishing from the May 2024 examination cycle. You’ll find the response and the marks below (what it received and what it may have received if using the May...
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A Private Experience
'A Private Experience' depicts an encounter between two women - a Christian Igbo woman and a Muslim Hausa woman - who seek refuge in an abandoned shop during a violent riot in Kano, Nigeria. The story...
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May 2024 Paper 2: Sample Response 7 (Q3)
This is the seventh Paper 2 exemplar we are publishing from the May 2024 examination cycle. The student responds to question #3 for the Timezone 2 exam: The depiction of historical setting is an important...
Assessment
May 2024 Paper 2: Sample Response 7 (Question 3)
This is the seventh Paper 2 exemplar we are publishing from the May 2024 examination cycle. You’ll find the response and the marks below (what it received and what it may have received if using the May...
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The Thing Around Your Neck
The title story from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's short story collection, The Thing Around Your Neck, follows a young Nigerian woman, Akunna, who moves to the United States and grapples with the complexities...