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Global English in a Post-colonial World
Building on courses on empire, the Anglosphere, and multiculturalism from 2g, we expand our focus to Africa, particularly Nigeria, as we explore the evolution of English into a global lingua franca, including aspects of language, power, and shared and fragmented identities. In addition to vocabulary and knowledge about empire, colonies past and present, and the effect on UK today, we also focus on writing skills, such as structure in essays, quotations, abstract themes.
Texts for all:
• Rudyard Kipling: “The White Man’s Burden” (poem, 1899)
• Jennifer Jenkins: “The Two Dispersals of English” + “Pidgins and Creoles,” in “English: Global Language, Global Anguish” (textbook, 2003)
• Ngugi wa Thiong’o: “Decolonising the Mind” (essay, Kenya, 1986)
• Kobby Ankomah-Graham: “The absolute beginners' guide to Pidgin” (article, 2017) + examples of pidgin
• Work sheet: intro to Nigeria from “Encyclopedia Britannica”, vocabulary
• Emmanuel Akinwotu: “Japa: The trend of young Nigerians leaving their country in search of a better life” (podcast, NPR 2023)
• Funke Ogunkoya-Futi: “Japa TikToks” (social media, 2023), suppl.
• Burna Boy feat. Chris Martin: “Monsters You Made” (song and video, Nigeria, 2020)
• Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: “Tomorrow is Too Far” (short story, Nigeria, 2009)
• Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: "The Danger of a Single Story" (TED talk, 2009)
• Musuwa: “Ambi and That Thing” (short story, South Africa, 2010) + analytical essay
• Emmanuel Igunza: “Trump never visited Africa as President. Here's what Africans expect from a second term” (NPR, audio, Nov. 2024 - Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa), suppl.
3a
- KK: Brief intro to the British Empire, the Commonwealth, the role of the monarchy, why English is a global lingua franca
- Rhea Mogul: “‘Historic moment’: Politicians of South Asian descent set to lead Scotland, Britain and Ireland” (article, March 28 2023).
- Humza Yousaf: “Leadership Victory Speech” (speech, Scotland, 2023)
- Rishi Sunak: “Stop the Boats” (speech, UK, 2023) + written assignment
- Sarfraz Manzoor: “THEY” (excerpt from memoir, 2021), 2g
- Laura Blake: ”Home is Not Here” (short story, 2021) - analytical essay, 2g
3e
- E.M. Forster: “The Undeveloped Heart” (excerpt from the novel “A Passage to India,” 1924)
- BBC: “Partition - the Day India Burned” (documentary, 2007), suppl.
- Saadat Hasan Manto: “The Return” (short story, 1995), suppl.
- Mustad, Sevaldsen & Vadmand: “Multicultural Britain,” pp. 99-105 in “Being British: Identity, Politics and Welfare in Contemporary Britain” (textbook, 2014)
- Riz Ahmed: “Airports and Auditions” (essay, 2016)
- Benjamin Zephaniah: “The British (serves 60 million)” (poem, 2000)
3d
-- Thomas Babington Macaulay: "Minute on Indian Education" (speech, 1835)
- Joseph Chamberlain: “The True Conception of Empire” (speech, 1897),
- Rudyard Kipling: “Lispeth” (short story, 1886)
- George Orwell: “Shooting an Elephant” (short story, 1936)
- Khushwant Singh: “Karma” (short story, 1950)
- Hanif Kureishi: “We’re not Jews” (short story, 1995)
- Robin Cook: "Chicken Tikka Masala" (speech, 2001)
- Gerry Hassan:” The British Empire is Still Very Much Alive and Kicking (blog post, 2020)
- John Agard: "Mr and Mrs Xenophobia" (poem, 2006)
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