The African Origins of Common English Words (II)
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. When I first wrote about the African origins ofcommon English words on September 8, 2010, I promised that I...
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. When I first wrote about the African origins ofcommon English words on September 8, 2010, I promised that I...
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. The fatal shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman has brought to the surface the precario...
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. On July 18, Nigerian First Lady Dame Patience Jonathan famously said Rivers State governor Rotimi Amaechi ...
See below a sample of the thoughtful reactions my last week’s column with the above title generated . I must commend your “Notes from...
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Before you rush to look up the meaning of “Misralogist” in the dictionary, let me clarify that the word is e...
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. The trouble with labeling anything American English these days is that American English is now actually inte...
I make no claims to possessing prescient powers, but a February 19, 2011 article I wrote titled “Egypt’s Mubarak is Gone, So What?” prefig...
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Apparently, Nigeria and Algeria share more similarities than the correspondence in the terminal sounds of th...