African Words in America’s Gullah English Dialect (I)
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi Last week I identified some notable African onomastic (onomastics is the scienc...
Showing posts with label African Americans. Show all posts
Showing posts with label African Americans. Show all posts
Gullah: An African-American English Dialect No One Understands
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi In line with my tradition to highlight aspects of the linguistic culture of Blac...
25 Black American English Expressions You Should Know (II)
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Check the first part of the article by clicking here 15. “Show me your guns.” “Guns” is an American En...
25 Black American English Expressions You Should Know (I)
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. In the spirit of America’s Black History Month, which is observed every February, I have decided to share...
Re: “Is Nigeria the Name of a City?”
As always, many readers had plenty of thoughtful insights to share with me in response to last week’s column . I am taking the liberty, as...
Re: A Nigerian Black American Who’s Also Black American Nigerian
Below is a sample of responses to my March 2, 2013 article with the above title . I want to add that I erred when I said Mrs. Cecilia Erinn...
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