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| 'How you dey?': Prince Charles goes Pidgin in Nigeria | 'How you dey?': Prince Charles goes Pidgin in Nigeria |
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| He’s better known for speaking the Queen’s English but the Prince of Wales on Wednesday tried out some words of Pidgin as he visited Nigeria’s commercial capital. | He’s better known for speaking the Queen’s English but the Prince of Wales on Wednesday tried out some words of Pidgin as he visited Nigeria’s commercial capital. |
| “How you dey? (How are you?)” he asked assembled dignitaries, including former heads of state, presidential candidates, leading politicians, and stars from the world of fashion, music and the arts. | “How you dey? (How are you?)” he asked assembled dignitaries, including former heads of state, presidential candidates, leading politicians, and stars from the world of fashion, music and the arts. |
| Prince Charles, who turns 70 this month and winds up a tour of The Gambia, Ghana and Nigeria on Thursday, said he was pleased to be back in “Lasgidi” (Lagos). | Prince Charles, who turns 70 this month and winds up a tour of The Gambia, Ghana and Nigeria on Thursday, said he was pleased to be back in “Lasgidi” (Lagos). |
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| “I find it hard to believe that nearly 30 years have passed since I first came to this city,” he added in a speech at the British deputy high commissioner’s residence. | “I find it hard to believe that nearly 30 years have passed since I first came to this city,” he added in a speech at the British deputy high commissioner’s residence. |
| “As they say, ‘God don butta my bread’ (God has blessed me),” he said, praising the city for its dynamism and energy. | “As they say, ‘God don butta my bread’ (God has blessed me),” he said, praising the city for its dynamism and energy. |
| Pidgin is the widely spoken lingua franca of much of west and central Africa. The language is a cultural force, driving everything from the lyrics of Afrobeat music to movies emerging from Nigeria’s Nollywood, now the world’s second-largest film industry. West African Pidgin began in the late 17th and 18th centuries as a simple trade language between Europeans and Africans. | Pidgin is the widely spoken lingua franca of much of west and central Africa. The language is a cultural force, driving everything from the lyrics of Afrobeat music to movies emerging from Nigeria’s Nollywood, now the world’s second-largest film industry. West African Pidgin began in the late 17th and 18th centuries as a simple trade language between Europeans and Africans. |
| Lagos – home to more than 20 million people and driver of the economy of Africa’s most populous nation – is a hub of innovation and industry. | Lagos – home to more than 20 million people and driver of the economy of Africa’s most populous nation – is a hub of innovation and industry. |
| Charles, whose Prince’s Trust charity has helped launch the careers of hundreds of thousands of young entrepreneurs, said both shared the same spirit of imagination and ingenuity. | Charles, whose Prince’s Trust charity has helped launch the careers of hundreds of thousands of young entrepreneurs, said both shared the same spirit of imagination and ingenuity. |
| “If life dey show you pepper, make pepper soup,” he said, which roughly translates to “life is what you make it”. | “If life dey show you pepper, make pepper soup,” he said, which roughly translates to “life is what you make it”. |
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