Today, one of the most popular FM radio stations in the FCT, Wazobia FM, runs all its programmes in Pidgin. Not only this, Mamman Vatsa’s “Tori For Geti Bow Leg’’, Ezenwa Ohaeto’s “I wan Bi President’’ and “If To Say I be Soja’’, are also expressed in Pidgin to communicate to a wider audience. Aig-Imouekhuede’s poem, “Stew and Sufferhead’’ and Ken Saro Wiwa’s collection of songs, “Dis Nigeria Self’’, for instance are written in Pidgin. ![]() Many later writers have had to do works in Pidgin, thus depicting the popularity and wide usage of the language as a medium of communication. Amos Tutuola, a famous Nigerian literary giant, did most of his works including “The Palm- Wine Drinkard (1952), in Pidgin. Language experts say that the Nigerian Pidgin had, for a long time, been viewed as an effective medium of unhindered self-expression in inter-personal communication. This is further re-enforced by the nation’s high illiteracy levels that varies from one section of the country to another, and even within each section of the society. ![]() Pidgin is commonly used as lingua franca among educated and illiterate Nigerians, given the multi-ethnic and multi-cultural nature of the society.
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