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Jamaican Patois

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Mapping Igbo Destinations in the Americas: A Comparative Analysis

Between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries, people from the Igbo-speaking regions of southeastern Nigeria were dispersed across the Atlantic through the transatlantic slave trade. During this period, the Bight of Biafra became one of the most active slaving coasts in West Africa, and enslaved Igbo formed one of the largest identifiable African ethnic…

West Indian Words from Igbo Language

Some common words used in Caribbean English come directly from the Igbo language or have been influenced by it. Unu/Wunna Means ‘you [plural]’, the same as in Igbo, únù. In some places, wunna is used. In Nigerian Pidgin English, it is una. Soso Means ‘only’ or ‘single’. In Igbo, it is written as sọsọ (pronounced…