Why Nigerians Can’t Pronounce “Nigeria” Correctly
By Farooq A; Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi The only Nigerians who pronounce the name of their country "correctly"...
Alex Badeh Already Indicted Himself Last Year
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi The ongoing trial of former Chief of Defense Staff Alex Badeh recalls an artic...
Ooni of Ife’s Strange Theory of the Yoruba Origins of English
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi The Daily Trust of February 29 reported the new, youthful Ooni of Ife, Oba Ade...
Nigeria’s National Assembly of Debauched Know-Nothings
By Farooq Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi Several people have pointed out that the legislative branch of government is the on...
America Does NOT Call Itself “God’s Own Country”
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi In his creatively humorous January 11, 2016 column titled “Our Elders have Gone ...
African Words in the American English Gullah Dialect (II)
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi Last week , I highlighted many African-derived words in the Gullah dialect that ...
America's Unknown Black Presidents Before Obama? (III)
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi Continued from last week President Warren Harding The rumors surfaced agai...
African Words in the American English Gullah Dialect
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi Last week I identified some notable African onomastic (onomastics is the scienc...
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