African Nebula, Issue 542. Vol.69 (1), pp.69–89. 310) This is in line with what Afolabi (2004: 151) described as ‘correction of vices’. As will be shown in this paper, the traits of Nigerian comedy includes the use of Pidgin English to cut across a diverse country like Nigeria making it extremely lively, entertaining and easy to comprehend by the literate and uneducated populace. (2001). Moreover, while many of the languages in Nigeria can go into extinction because they have restricted geographical spread and numerical strength, NPE, which has the widest geographical spread and highest numerical strength (Faraclas 2004) is not likely to die soon. The reason for this is that the vocabulary of NPE is drawn largely from English (Faraclas 2004). A study which examines the origins of NPE confirms that “it arose from the urgent communication needs of the contact between the visiting Europeans and their multi-lingual Nigerian hosts” (Elugbue & Omanor, 1991. p.21). None of the national languages in Nigeria have as much efficacy and power as NPE in hip-hop. Nigeria, a federal republic in West Africa, is a multilingual country with “an estimated 516 languages,” (Gordon 2005) each one playing a very important part in the community where it is in use. The Use of Pidgin English in Contemporary Nigerian Music: A new approach Towards National Identity. Ever since, he has coached, influenced and motivated many comedians particularly Ayo Makun(a.k.a. One of the major approaches Nigerian stand up comedians use to capture their audiences in humor creation and amusement is the use of Pidgin English. For most of the population, English remains a second or a third language which is not easily accessible (Faraclas, 2004). For example, The trials of Brother Jero and Jero’s Metamorphosis written in Pidgin English, illustrates the stylistic effect of NPE in Soyinka’s writing. BBC World Service. An excerpt from Eedris’ song (Olatunji, O. AY), Basket Mouth, I Go Die, Klint the Drunk, LepaciousBose, Aboki and Gordon (all stage names). Ethiopia May Have Just Made A Powerful Enemy In The United States, 18 Civilians Killed as Syria Makes Move on Last Rebel Stronghold, Germany Doesn’t Have a Playbook for a Nazi-Sympathizing Parliament. Wilkinson, J. Party Comedians as facilitators of Language development for Developing Nigeria. Olatunji, Myke O. Learn basic pidgin English phrases to get you speaking like the average Lagosian 2009) goes thus: Ezenwa-ohaeto (1995) in his paper affirmed that: Pidgin English sustains the works of literature and at the same time is a language that bridges orality; absorbs several cultural elements as it communicates, gives the Nigerian writer the ability to speak with the knowledge of an insider as well as making the writer a real nationalist. Although the breakdown provided in this paper is not comprehensive, this article hopes to have asserted the value, traits and the comic use of Nigerian Pidgin English to cut across barriers in various facets of life in Nigeria in general. Pidgin English has been defined by The Random House Dictionary of English language (1987) (as cited in Olatunji, M.O., 2009) as: An auxiliary language that has come into existence through the attempts by the speakers of two different languages to communicate, and this is primarily a simplified form of one of the languages with reduced vocabulary and grammatical structure and considerable variation in pronunciation.

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