Global Voices

Languages and dialects spoken by the African Diaspora, such as African French, Haitian Creole, Jamaican Patois, AAVE, Nigerian Pidgin, and more have roots in slavery and colonialism. They are greatly influenced by European languages, African languages, and languages spoken by Indigenous groups of the Americas. African French and Nigerian Pidgin The history of African French is related to the history of French colonialism in Africa. The French colonized 21 countries in Afric