This question is based on J.P Clark's The Wives Revolt. The play is pre occupied with

Analyzing the question: The question asks about the central preoccupation (main theme) of J.P. Clark's The Wives' Revolt.

Background of the play: Set in the Urhobo/Itsekiri area of the Niger Delta, the play centers on the women of Erhuwaren. The men have found a rich oil-bearing land (the Eyara/Erhuwaren oil site) and decide to keep it from the women. Here is the sequence:

1. The men of the village discover an oil-rich land and decide to sell it off or exploit it, but they plan to give the women none of the benefits.
2. The women demand a share, since men had taken the profits and left the women with nothing.
3. The men refuse, so the women revolt: they go on a strike, withdraw from their domestic duties (cooking, sex, and so on), and take over the men's meeting place.
4. The women are led by Ovie's wife Ibiso (and Okoro's wife, Ebiere). They eventually win concessions, and the men are forced to compromise.

The play is a comedy of gender relations and economic justice. It is about women asserting their rights and challenging male dominance over resources and decision-making.

Checking the options:

• A. Fight to keep their goats: Wrong. The goats are not the central issue. The conflict is about the men's refusal to share the land's oil wealth.
• B. The evil that oil money breeds: Partly touched on, but oil is the background. The focus is the women's struggle for fairness, not a warning about oil money.
• C. Women's liberation from male domination: Matches the play's central concern: women rebelling against male control of resources and power, and winning recognition.
• D. Women's protest against men's wickedness: The women protest unfair treatment, but "wickedness" is too moralistic. The play is about control, power and rights, not simple wickedness.

Exam tip: For JAMB literature questions on themes, look for the central conflict in the plot, not a side element. Here the conflict is women vs. male control, so choose the option that names the broad theme (liberation/empowerment), not a detail like goats or oil.