Colloquial American English I Learned from Malcolm X
By Farooq A. Kperogi In observance of America’s Black History Month, I am again reproducing a column I wrote on March 2, 2014, on an Africa...
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Showing posts with label Ebonics. Show all posts
Common Ancestor of American Ebonics and West African Pidgin English
By Farooq A. Kperogi Twitter: @farooqkperogi My second Black History Month article dwells on the intriguing but not surprising historical ...
English Words that Make Nigerians Say the Opposite of What They Mean (II)
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi This week’s column is a continuation from last week . It’s a compilation of Niger...
Black American Vernacular English Expressions You Should Know
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi In the spirit of America’s Black History Month, which is observed every Febru...
Gullah: The Fascinating African-Inflected Black American English Dialect
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi In line with my tradition to highlight aspects of the linguistic culture of Blac...
Colloquial American English Expressions I Learned from Malcolm X
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. In this final language-themed Black History Month article, I want to reflect on my first close encounter...
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