May 14, 2026
  • People in Action
  • Bookspace
  • De-Escalation
  • Flashback
  • World From Africa
  • Spectacle
  • Governance
  • People in Action
  • Bookspace
  • De-Escalation
  • Flashback
  • World From Africa
  • Spectacle
  • Governance
Intervention Intervention
  • People in Action
  • Bookspace
  • De-Escalation
  • Flashback
  • World From Africa
  • Spectacle
  • Governance
Menu
  • People in Action
  • Bookspace
  • De-Escalation
  • Flashback
  • World From Africa
  • Spectacle
  • Governance
loading...
Storylines
  • Honourable Abba Anas Adamu for Burial in Kano Today, May 12th, 2026
  • Making Sense of Xi-Trump Meeting in China
  • Senator Danjuma Goje’s China Pathway to Electrifying Nigeria
  • Ahead of Dr Edwin Madunagu’s 80th Birthday Anniversary in Nigeria
  • UNIJOS Political Science Unfolds Book on IRs and Democratic Governance in Nigeria
  • The Trouble with Unhealthy Narratives on the Lagos–Calabar Super Highway
  • When Memorialisation Turns Into a Site of Struggle for Nigerian Activists
  • Ambassador Eineje Onobu, Ex-Top Nigerian Diplomat, Out With Memoirs
  • Nigerian Activists Contemplate Radical Revivalism @ Cde Abubakar Sokoto Mohammed’s Memorial Symposium
  • To Repair a Fragmented World Requires History – Prof Toyin Falola
Home Oluada Equiano

Is Nigerian English in Oxford Dictionary Blowback or Consolidation of Colonialism?

Posted By: adminon: January 30, 2020In: BookspaceTags: Blowback, Chinua Achebe, LAFA, OED, Oluada Equiano, William WilberforceNo CommentsViews:
Is Nigerian English in Oxford Dictionary Blowback or Consolidation of Colonialism?

It is no longer news that some 29 words essentially of Nigerian origin in usage have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary, (OED), a powerful learning tool. But what might that mean? i... Read more

Share 0
Tweet
Share 0

Recent Posts

Honourable Abba Anas Adamu for Burial in Kano Today, May 12th, 2026
Honourable Abba Anas Adamu for Burial in Kano Today, May 12th, 2026

Honourable Abba Anas Adamu for Burial in Kano Today, May 12th, 2026

May 12, 2026
Making Sense of Xi-Trump Meeting in China
Making Sense of Xi-Trump Meeting in China

Making Sense of Xi-Trump Meeting in China

May 12, 2026
Senator Danjuma Goje's China Pathway to Electrifying Nigeria
Senator Danjuma Goje's China Pathway to Electrifying Nigeria

Senator Danjuma Goje’s China Pathway to Electrifying Nigeria

May 11, 2026
Ahead of Dr Edwin Madunagu's 80th Birthday Anniversary in Nigeria
Ahead of Dr Edwin Madunagu's 80th Birthday Anniversary in Nigeria

Ahead of Dr Edwin Madunagu’s 80th Birthday Anniversary in Nigeria

May 11, 2026
UNIJOS Political Science Unfolds Book on IRs and Democratic Governance in Nigeria
UNIJOS Political Science Unfolds Book on IRs and Democratic Governance in Nigeria

UNIJOS Political Science Unfolds Book on IRs and Democratic Governance in Nigeria

May 03, 2026

Intervention Timeline

My Tweets

Posts In Pictures

  • Rev. Tanimu Samari Aduda Was a Man of Peace – Engineer Mohammed Abba-Gana
  • The Buhari - GEJ Text
  • How Osun ‘Nurtures’ Health Complications for Women in the Face of COVID-19
  • Make a Choice on Herdsmen Crisis - Says Meg Otanwa, Nollywood Actress to President Buhari
  • Prof. Liasu Adele Jinadu is 80: He is Larger Than His Frame
  • Time for Africa to Acquire Naval Pier – Prof Kwaja
  • Great Power Succession Tussle Moves to Bolivia
  • CISLAC Opens Fire on Illicit Financial Flows in Washington DC
  • ‘Washing’ Kwaja’s Professorship
  • Revisiting the Webinar On Overcoming Boko Haram (2)
  • United Nation's ECA Out With Own Tribute to Prof Thandika Mkandawire
  • Fidel Castro’s Greatest Interventions?

Facebook Timeline

Facebook Timeline

Info

Office Address: Suite 4, Abuja Shopping Complex, Area 3, Garki-Abuja

Phone:
+2348133033042

(c) 2017-19 Intervention.ng

  • People in Action
  • Bookspace
  • De-Escalation
  • Flashback
  • World From Africa
  • Spectacle
  • Governance
Desktop Version Mobile Version