A Configuration of Socio-Political Dialectics in Nigerian Pidgin English: Trends in Peter Onwudijo’s Poetry

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dc.contributor.authorAyodabo, Sunday J.
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-18T16:39:15Z
dc.date.available2020-02-18T16:39:15Z
dc.date.issued2016-03-29
dc.description.abstractPeter Onwundijo’s poetry collection, De Wahala for Wazobia (2007), comments on the contemporary Nigeria’s pitiable social problems. The poet employs Nigerian Pidgin English, not only as a dialectal tool to examine the issue of Nigeria’s amalgamation, but also as a lingua franca, which aptly describes the polity of multilingual Nigeria. It addresses the myriad hydra-headed issues like corruption, educational decay, election malpractices, neocolonialism, and insecurity among other forms of vices plaguing the nation which continue to militate against her development. The poems were analysed using sociolinguistics and semiotic theories as frameworks. The result of the analyses showed that the poet’s ability to effectively use the Nigerian Pidgin English to address such important issues does not make the language inferior when compared to the other established languages of the world. Rather, it should be seen as a language (second) that reflects creativity, productivity, simplicity, acceptability and understanding among the Nigerians. Indeed, it makes for a wider understanding of the poet’s major concern, as the pidgin, in Nigeria, is often being described as “the language of the people” The study appraised the collection as an attempt at demystifying the Nigerian Pidgin English as well as evaluating its relevance for modern Nigerian poetry in its quest to radicalize the political and economic situation in Nigeria.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAyodabo, S. J. (2016). A Configuration of Socio-Political Dialectics in Nigerian Pidgin English: Trends in Peter Onwudijo’s Poetry. International Journal of Humanities and Cultural Studies (IJHCS)​ ISSN 2356-5926, 2(3), 79-93.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2356-5926
dc.identifier.urihttp://repository.elizadeuniversity.edu.ng/handle/20.500.12398/685
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInternational Journal of Humanities and Cultural Studies (IJHCS)​ ISSN 2356-5926en_US
dc.subjectPidginen_US
dc.subjectDe Wahala for Wazobiaen_US
dc.subjectSociopolitical challengesen_US
dc.subjectLingua francaen_US
dc.subjectacceptabilityen_US
dc.titleA Configuration of Socio-Political Dialectics in Nigerian Pidgin English: Trends in Peter Onwudijo’s Poetryen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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