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Question 21 : The four sentences (labelled 1, 2, 3 and 4) given below, when properly sequenced, would yield a coherent paragraph. Decide on the proper sequencing of the order of the sentences and key in the sequence of the four numbers as your answer.

1. Contemporary African writing like 'The Bottled Leopard' voices this theme using two children and two backgrounds to juxtapose two varying cultures.
2. Chukwuemeka Ike explores the conflict, and casts the Western tradition as condescending, enveloping and unaccommodating towards local African practice.
3. However, their views contradict the reality, for a rich and sustaining local African cultural ethos exists for all who care, to see and experience.
4. Western Christian concepts tend to deny or feign ignorance about the existence of a genuine and enduring indigenous African tradition.

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Video Explanation

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Explanatory Answer

Sentence 4 is the best opening sentence.

43 is a strong link: 4 states the Western Christian concepts tend to deny or ignore the existence of an indigenous African tradition. 3 explains that this view contradicts reality.

Sentence 1 offers an example to support 3 and sentence 2 adds to 1.

4312 is the correct order.

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The answer is '4312'

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