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Nigeria is famous for its English language literature. Things Fall Apart , [ 58 ] by Chinua Achebe , is an important book in African literature . [ 59 ] With over eight million copies sold worldwide, it has been translated into 50 languages, making Achebe the most translated African writer of all time.
Adichie was born on 15 September 1977, and raised in Enugu, Nigeria, as the fifth out of six children to Igbo parents. [1] [2] [3] Bearing Amanda as her English name, [4] [5] she made up the Igbo name "Chimamanda" in the 1990s to keep her legal English name and conform with Igbo Christian naming customs.
Dialects of Nigerian Pidgin may include the Sapele-Warri-Ughelli dialect that has majorly influenced large parts of Nigeria, Benin City dialect that has its influence from Bini language, Port Harcourt dialect that has elements of the mixed tribes in Rivers State, Lagos (particularly in Ajegunle influenced by sizeable Niger Deltan populace); and ...
Decolonising the Mind: the Politics of Language in African Literature (Heinemann Educational, 1986), by the Kenyan novelist and post-colonial theorist Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, is a collection of essays about language and its constructive role in national culture, history, and identity.
Niyi Osundare is a Nigerian poet, dramatist, linguist, and literary critic. Born on 12 March 1947, in Ikere-Ekiti, [1] Nigeria, his poetry is influenced by the oral poetry of his Yoruba culture, which he hybridizes with other poetic traditions of the world, including African-American, Latin American, Asian, and European.
English is the single most widely spoken language in Nigeria, spoken by 60 million of the population. [9] It is the main lingua franca of the country and there are a growing number of sole English speakers due to rapid urbanization and globalization. [10]
Nigerian English, also known as Nigerian Standard English, is a dialect of English spoken in Nigeria. [1] Based on British and American English, the dialect contains various loanwords and collocations from the native languages of Nigeria, due to the need to express concepts specific to the cultures of ethnic groups in the nation (e.g. senior wife).
Relevant issues include water scarcity, water pollution, inadequate water supply, lack of sanitation, and the impacts of climate change (which is the theme of World Water Day 2020 [10]). The day brings to light the inequality of access to WASH services and the need to assure the human right to water and sanitation .