As I announced nearly a year ago, I decided to finish my doctoral work through the Doctor of Business Administration ABD completion program at Baker College rather than reapply to the University of the Cumberlands, where I had run out of time. I've been a little less slow this time around (still slow, just a little less so!) and finally today got through my proposal defense. My committee has a few very minor edits, but nothing onerous. So three chapters are essentially done, two to go!
Congratulations, Steve. This is a tremendous hurdle, and I hope readers appreciate just how hard that is. Good luck in your execution and in presenting it. I'll be very interested to hear about your contributions to business practices in the niche you've selected!
I'm curious to know why Nigeria? I absolutely love that country and its people. So, I am happy to learn that a non-Nigerian (not saying you're the only one) would be interested in doing research with Nigerians.
You've correctly anticipated one of my main reasons, though! And by the end of this century it will be even more lopsided: India and China are projected to see population decreases, but Nigeria will become the most populated country on Earth, and Lagos, already a megacity, may end up being the largest city in the world.
I didn't know this. That's cool info. I just looked up languages of Nigeria on Wikipedia and that led me to taking a listen to some Nigerian Pidgin on YouTube and it gave me goosebumps. It sounds uncannily similar to Jamaican Patwa and Belize Kriol! I could even recognize some the syntactical features and some of the words of non-English origin due to the similarities. I need to learn more about the historical connection between Nigeria and the Caribbean creoles because my mind is genuinely blown! Looks like I'm staying up all night reading Wikipedia... again.
You're correct. Most of the content I watch is Nollywood movies, and I have no trouble understanding Nigerian Pidgin. I've even picked up on some Igbo words.
One of my favourite guitar pickers on Youtube is Igbo, I believe. Her name is Helen Ibe. Ibe is Igbo for "people." I looked it up. No doubt you've picked up a few Yoruba words, too. Good bit on "Similarity to Caribbean Creoles" here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigerian_Pidgin "Naija" is the liveliest speech I ever heard! Love it! '
Get more Naija here: BBC Nigerian Pidgin site. https://www.bbc.com/pidgin Abeg you try am, na good! Dey tell true story. No got k-leg.
I love to read their news articles. I also follow them on Instagram for the daily Pirdgin proverbs, which I post on my WhatsApp status.
Just returning a favor, Steve. A while ago, you posted a Rokina Traore video. (Mali) Thanks for that one!
