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What is Pidgin?

- A mix of English and local languages enabling people who do not share a common language to communicate

- West African Pidgin English was a language of commerce spoken along the coast during the Atlantic slave trade in the late 17th and 18th Centuries.

- Widely used in Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea

- Primarily an oral language, without a standard agreed written form.