On Writing in Pidgin English, and Other Colloquial Dialects | Onyeka Nwelue | Essay

My 96 year old paternal great uncle, Nze Christopher Nnadum, in Ezeoke Nsu in Imo State, Nigeria, where I was born, was an English Literature teacher. Yet, he would rebuke anyone that spoke English around him, unapologetically. He had large bookshelves in his house and would let me stay there alone whenever he travelled. When … Continue reading On Writing in Pidgin English, and Other Colloquial Dialects | Onyeka Nwelue | Essay