West African Pidgin has its origins in the 15th century, when Portuguese traders were the first Europeans to reach the western shores of Africa, looking for copper, ivory and pepper, as well as ...

Sociolinguistic factors play a significant role in the emergence and development of pidgins and creoles, and their role in the development of West African Pidgin English based (WAPE) varieties is not ...

This paper discusses possible origins of locative for in West African Pidgin Englishes. The development of for is framed componentially, that is, in terms of deriving its constructional meaning from ...

Nigerian popular music - Afrobeats - is storming the world’s stages. But it’s just the latest stage in a vibrant century of recorded music in the country. West African pidgins are unique ...

Even the name ChòpnBlọk, he explained, is rooted in West African Pidgin English: “chòp” means “to eat” while “blok” represents a location.

The pronunciation is distinctly African too, something it shares with West Indian Patois. In the playground, we sometimes spoke Pidgin for fun. But I wouldn’t dream of using it at home.