Those Annoyingly Fake Trans-Atlantic English Accents at Nigerian Airports
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi I developed a heightened sensitivity to the frustratingly incompetent affectatio...
Gere: Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa’s Real Ethnic Group
Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi Last week I requested that a family member of the late Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa ...
“Body Language,” “Screen Touch,” and “Say Me Well”: Q and A on Nigerian English Usage and Expressions
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi Enjoy this week’s Q and A, which features answers to questions on Nigerian Engli...
Re: Is There Such a Thing as “Hausa-Fulani”?
Before I publish some of the reactions to last week’s column , I want to clarify that when I referred to the late Abubakar Tafawa Balewa a...
Q and A on Grammar, Usage, and Naming Conventions in Nigeria, America, and Britain
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi In this week’s Q and A, I answer questions on last-name cultures, differences in...
Is There Such a Thing as “Hausa-Fulani”?
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi A reader of this column repeatedly challenged me to justify calling President Mu...
Re: Bennet Omalu: A Nigerian-American Hero Nigerians at Home Don’t Know About
Read below a sample of the reactions I received to last week’s column on Dr. Bennet Omalu, the Nigerian-American forensic pathologist who...
A Comparison of Everyday University Vocabularies in Nigeria, America, and Britain (III)
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi 10. Instructor/Professor/Dr. In internal, official communication in American u...
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