Malaysian Airline Tragedy and Closing of the Nigerian Mind
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. In September 2004, Mr. Jeremy Weate, co-owner of Cassava Republic Press in Nigeria, wrote a thoughtful an...
Q and A on Nigeria’s and Anglophone Africa’s Strange Political Expressions
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. In this edition of my Q and A series, read why the expressions “cross-carpeting,” “decamping,” “decampees...
Nigeria’s Curricular Institutionalization of Mass Amnesia
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. I know the title of this week’s column sounds a little verbose, even melodramatic, but it captures the se...
Q and A on Idiomatic Expressions, Pronunciation, and West African English
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Is it “catch cold” or “catch a cold”? Is the expression “bushman” Standard English? Or is it an exclusi...
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