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}}'''Farooq Adamu Kperogi''' (born 1973), is a Nigerian-American professor,<ref name=":0" /> author, [[Media studies|media scholar]], newspaper columnist, blogger and activist. He was a reporter and news editor at many Nigerian newspapers including the ''[[Daily Trust]]'', ''[[Daily Triumph]]'' and the now defunct ''[[New Nigerian]]''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2021-03-26|title=Renowned Nigerian columnist, university teacher, Farooq Kperogi, promoted professor|url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/more-news/451453-renowned-nigerian-columnist-university-teacher-farooq-kperogi-promoted-professor.html|access-date=2021-12-18|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Farooq Kperogi {{!}} Kennesaw State University - Academia.edu|url=https://kennesaw.academia.edu/FarooqKperogi/CurriculumVitae|access-date=2021-12-18|website=kennesaw.academia.edu}}</ref>
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He worked as a researcher at the Presidential Research and Communications Unit in the [[Olusegun Obasanjo]] administration and had taught journalism at [[Ahmadu Bello University]] and [[Kaduna Polytechnic]]. He is a full professor of journalism and emerging media at [[Kennesaw State University]] in Georgia, United States.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-26|title=Tribune columnist, Farooq Kperogi, promoted full professor in US varsity|url=https://tribuneonlineng.com/tribune-columnist-farooq-kperogi-promoted-full-professor-in-us-varsity/|access-date=2021-12-18|website=Tribune Online|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name="Kperogi">{{cite web|title=About me|url=http://www.farooqkperogi.com/p/about-me.html|website=farooqkperogi.com|publisher=Farooq A. Kperogi|accessdate=6 October 2017}}</ref><ref name="Kperogi 2">{{cite web|title=Farooq Kperogi|url=http://socm.hss.kennesaw.edu/faculty-staff/farooq-kperogi/|website=socm.hss.kennesaw.edu|publisher=Kennesaw State University|accessdate=6 October 2017}}</ref><ref name="Kperogi 3">{{cite web|title=Why British English is full of silly-sounding words|url=http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170619-why-british-english-is-full-of-silly-sounding-words|website=bbc.com|publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation|accessdate=6 October 2017}}</ref>
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He is one of Nigeria's newspaper columnists whose views are quoted by former president.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-04-10|title="I was disappointed by [Wole Soyinka's] uncharacteristic silence between 2015 and 2019" – Farooq Kperogi|url=https://www.thenews-chronicle.com/i-was-disappointed-by-wole-soyinkas-uncharacteristic-silence-between-2015-and-2019-farooq-kperogi/|access-date=2021-12-18|website=The News Chronicle|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-01-24|title=Why Nigeria needs a third force to dislodge Buhari -- Obasanjo {{!}} Premium Times Nigeria|url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/256524-nigeria-needs-third-force-dislodge-buhari-obasanjo.html|access-date=2021-12-18|language=en-GB}}</ref>
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He is the author of ''Glocal English: The Changing Face and Forms of Nigerian English'', published in 2015, as the 96th volume in series of Berkeley Insights in Linguistics and Semiotic.<ref name="Kperogi 4">{{cite web|title=Berkeley Insights in Linguistics and Semiotics|url=https://www.peterlang.com/view/serial/BILS|website=www.peterlang.com|publisher=Peter Lang|accessdate=6 October 2017}}</ref><ref name="Kperogi 5">{{cite web|title=7 Questions to a Linguist: Dr. Farooq Kperogi on "Glocal" English|url=https://www.altalang.com/beyond-words/2015/08/17/7-questions-linguist-dr-farooq-kperogi-glocal-english/|website=altalang.com|date=17 August 2015|publisher=ALTA|accessdate=6 October 2017|archive-date=6 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006162724/https://www.altalang.com/beyond-words/2015/08/17/7-questions-linguist-dr-farooq-kperogi-glocal-english/|url-status=dead}}</ref> He is also the author of Nigeria's Digital Diaspora Citizen Media, Democracy, and Participation ([[University of Rochester]] Press, 2020) which was awarded the "2021 [[Choice Outstanding Academic Titles|CHOICE Outstanding Academic]] Title Winner".<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-12-03|title=Tribune columnist Kperogi's book wins 2021 Choice Outstanding Academic Title|url=https://tribuneonlineng.com/tribune-columnist-kperogis-book-wins-2021-choice-outstanding-academic-title/|access-date=2021-12-18|website=Tribune Online|language=en-GB}}</ref>
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'''Farooq Adamu Kperogi''' (born 1970), is a Nigerian academic, author, grammar purist, public speaker and columnist with [[Media Trust]]'s two Weekend titles. He was former presidential [[speechwriter]] during [[Obasanjo]]'s administration, also former reporter/news editor at many Nigerian newspapers including the ''[[Daily Trust]]'' and the now, defunct ''New Nigerian'' and ''[[Daily Triumph]]''. Kperogi currently teaches Journalism and Emerging Media at [[Kennesaw State University]], Georgia, United States.<ref name="Kperogi">{{cite web|title=About me|url=http://www.farooqkperogi.com/p/about-me.html|website=farooqkperogi.com|publisher=Farooq A. Kperogi|accessdate=6 October 2017}}</ref><ref name="Kperogi 2">{{cite web|title=Farooq Kperogi|url=http://socm.hss.kennesaw.edu/faculty-staff/farooq-kperogi/|website=socm.hss.kennesaw.edu|publisher=Kennesaw State University|accessdate=6 October 2017}}</ref><ref name="Kperogi 3">{{cite web|title=Why British English is full of silly-sounding words|url=http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170619-why-british-english-is-full-of-silly-sounding-words|website=bbc.com|publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation|accessdate=6 October 2017}}</ref>Mr. Kperogi is the author of ''Glocal English: The Changing Face and Forms of Nigerian English'' wich was published as the 96th volume in series of Berkeley Insights in Linguistics and Semiotics<ref name="Kperogi 4">{{cite web|title=Berkeley Insights in Linguistics and Semiotics|url=https://www.peterlang.com/view/serial/BILS|website=www.peterlang.com|publisher=Peter Lang|accessdate=6 October 2017}}</ref><ref name="Kperogi 5">{{cite web|title=7 Questions to a Linguist: Dr. Farooq Kperogi on “Glocal” English|url=https://www.altalang.com/beyond-words/2015/08/17/7-questions-linguist-dr-farooq-kperogi-glocal-english/|website=altalang.com|publisher=ALTA|accessdate=6 October 2017}}</ref>


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
Mr. Kperogi was born in 1970, in Okuta, [[Baruten]] local government area of [[Kwara State]], Nigeria.<ref name="Kperogi 6">{{cite web|title=Kperogi: The Man Who Redefined Grammar Column Writing in Nigeria|url=http://www.jarushub.com/kperogi-the-man-who-redefined-grammar-column-writing-in-nigeria/?doing_wp_cron=1507288730.7060449123382568359375|website=jarushub.com|publisher=JarusHub|accessdate=6 October 2017}}</ref> He attended [[Bayero University]] between 1993 to 1997 where he received Bachelors degree in Mass Communication. He obtained Masters degree in Communication at [[University of Louisiana]], [[Lafayette, Louisiana|Lafayette]] and PhD from [[Georgia State University]] in the United States in 2014.<ref name="Kperogi" />
Kperogi was born in 1973, in Okuta, [[Baruten]] local government area of [[Kwara State]], Nigeria and is a member of the [[Bariba people|Bariba (Baatonu) people]].<ref name="Kperogi 6">{{cite web|title=Kperogi: The Man Who Redefined Grammar Column Writing in Nigeria|url=http://www.jarushub.com/kperogi-the-man-who-redefined-grammar-column-writing-in-nigeria/?doing_wp_cron=1507288730.7060449123382568359375|website=jarushub.com| date=25 May 2013 |publisher=JarusHub|accessdate=6 October 2017}}</ref> He attended [[Bayero University]] between 1993 and 1997, where he received bachelor's degree in mass communication. He obtained a master's degree in communication at the [[University of Louisiana at Lafayette]] and a Ph.D. from [[Georgia State University]] in the United States in 2011.<ref name="Kperogi" />


==Later life and career==
==Later life and career==
After graduating from [[Bayero University]], Kano Mr. Kperogi started working with [[Media Trust]] as correspondent. Kperog also taught Journalism and Mass Communication courses at [[Kaduna Polytechnic]] and [[Ahmadu Bello University]] in in Nigeria.<ref name="Kperogi 2" />.Between 2002 to 2004, Kperogi worked in President [[Obasanjo|Olusequn Obasanjo]]'s administration as a presidential [[speechwriter]] and researcher.
After graduating from [[Bayero University]], Kano, Kperogi started working as reporter with newspapers in [[Katsina]] and [[Kano (city)|Kano]] before joining the [[Media Trust]] as correspondent for the now defunct ''Weekly Trust''.{{Citation needed|date=May 2020}} He also worked for the now defunct federal government-owned paper, the ''New Nigerian'', in the early 2000s. Kperogi began his academic career between 2000 and 2002 at [[Kaduna Polytechnic]], where he taught journalism and mass communication.{{Citation needed|date=May 2020}} He also taught at [[Ahmadu Bello University]], Zaria for a brief time in 2004.<ref name="Kperogi 2" /> Between 2002 and 2004, Kperogi worked in President [[Obasanjo|Olusequn Obasanjo]]'s administration as a presidential [[speechwriter]] and researcher. Kperogi writes two columns, "Politics of Grammar" and "Notes from Atlanta", for the Abuja-based ''[[Daily Trust]]'' weekend editions. Kperogi has written extensively about Nigerian English.<ref name=" BBC">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170619-why-british-english-is-full-of-silly-sounding-words|work=BBC|title=Why British English is full of silly-sounding words|author=Christine Ro|date=19 June 2017|accessdate=21 January 2018}}</ref>

== Marital life ==
Farooq Kperogi is married to Maureen Erinne Kperogi with whom he has three daughters and one son.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Notes From Atlanta: Mourning My Wife and Best Friend|url=https://www.farooqkperogi.com/2010/07/mourning-my-wife-and-best-friend.html|access-date=2021-06-10|website=www.farooqkperogi.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-09-22|title=My children cherish calling them their pet names more than gifts –Kperogi|url=https://punchng.com/my-children-cherish-calling-them-their-pet-names-more-than-gifts-kperogi/|access-date=2021-12-18|website=Punch Newspapers|language=en-US}}</ref>

== "Notes from Atlanta" ==
Kperogi's "Notes from Atlanta" political column in the ''[[Daily Trust]]'' was stopped in December 2018 under pressure from the president [[Muhammadu Buhari]] administration<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-12-20|title=The Kperogi affair and the road to totalitarianism|url=https://www.blueprint.ng/the-kperogi-affair-and-the-road-to-totalitarianism/|access-date=2021-12-18|website=[[Blueprint (newspaper)|Blueprint]]|publisher=Blueprint Newspapers Limited|language=en-US}}</ref> which he has been critical of in his columns and social media posts.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-01-29|title=Buhari not competent to govern any country – Kperogi|url=https://punchng.com/buhari-not-competent-govern-country-kperogi/|access-date=2021-12-18|website=[[The Punch]]|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=THEINT>{{Cite web|date=2019-12-08|title=Buhari-Tinubu Alliance Will Crack Noticeably In 2020 – Farooq Kperogi|url=https://theinterview.ng/2019/12/08/buhari-tinubu-alliance-will-crack-noticeably-in-2020-farooq-kperogi/|access-date=2021-12-18|website=TheInterview Nigeria|language=en-GB}}</ref> In protest, he stopped his popular "Politics of Grammar" language column in the ''Daily Trust'' on Sunday, which he wrote for more than a decade.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kperogi|first=Farooq A.|title=Presidency Pressured Daily Trust to Discontinue my Saturday Column|url=https://www.farooqkperogi.com/2018/12/presidency-pressured-daily-trust-to.html|access-date=2021-12-18|website=Farooq Kperogi}}</ref> He has faced death threats from supporters of the Nigerian government for his critical columns and social media updates.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-11-11|title=KSU professor faces death threats over criticism of government|url=http://theksusentinel.com/2019/11/11/ksu-professor-faces-death-threats-over-criticism-of-government/|access-date=2021-12-18|website=The Sentinel|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=THEINT/>

Kperogi's "Notes from Atlanta" column now appears every Saturday on the back page of the ''[[Nigerian Tribune]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=Notes from Atlanta with Farooq Kperogi Archives |url=https://tribuneonlineng.com/category/saturday-with-farooq-kperogi/ |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=Tribune Online |language=en-GB}}</ref> and in ''[[Peoples Gazette]]'', an online newspaper.<ref>{{Cite web|title=FAROOQ KPEROGI, Author at Peoples Gazette|url=https://gazettengr.com/author/mayowa-samuel/|access-date=2021-12-18|website=Peoples Gazette|language=en-US}}</ref>

== Awards and honors ==
*2021 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Winner<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-12-03|title=Farooq Kperogi's 'Nigeria's Digital Diaspora' wins top academic publishing award|url=https://gazettengr.com/farooq-kperogis-nigerias-digital-diaspora-wins-top-academic-publishing-award/|access-date=2021-12-18|website=Peoples Gazette|language=en-US}}</ref>
*Department of Communication's Outstanding Alumnus Award, University of Louisiana, Lafayette, USA<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://communication.louisiana.edu/sites/communication/files/Cypress%20Lake%20News%202014.pdf|title = Search}}</ref>
*Outstanding Academic Achievement Award in Graduate Studies, Georgia State University<ref>{{cite web |title=Farooq Kperogi |url=https://facultyweb.kennesaw.edu/fkperogi/index.php |publisher=Kennesaw State University |access-date=11 October 2022}}</ref>
*Outstanding Graduate Student in Communication, University of Louisiana, Lafayette, USA<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://communication.louisiana.edu/sites/communication/files/Cypress%20Lake%20News%202014.pdf|title = Search}}</ref>
*The Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) Prize for the Best Graduating Student in Mass Communication, Bayero University, Kano<ref>https://allafrica.com/stories/200905180714.htm {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref>


==Published work==
==Published work==
*''Glocal English: The Changing Face and Form of Nigerian English in Global World'' {{ISBN|978-1433129261}} [[Peter Lang (publisher)|Peter Lang Punblishers]], 2015
*''Glocal English: The Changing Face and Form of Nigerian English in Global World''. New York: [[Peter Lang (publisher)|Peter Lang]], 2015. {{ISBN|978-1433129261}}
*Nigeria's Digital Diaspora: Citizen Media, Democracy, and Participation. New York: Rochester University Press, 2020. {{ISBN|978-1580469821}}


==Reference==
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==External links==
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Latest revision as of 19:21, 14 September 2024

Farooq Kperogi
Kperogi in 2021
BornMarch 30, 1973
Baruten, Kwara State, Nigeria
OccupationProfessor
Academic background
Alma materGeorgia State University (Ph.D)
University of Louisiana at Lafayette (M.Sc)
Bayero University (B.A)
ThesisWebs of Resistance: The Citizen Online Journalism of the Nigerian Digital Diaspora (2011)
Doctoral advisorMichael L. Bruner
Academic work
DisciplineEnglish language, Communication, Social and Behavioral Sciences[1]
Sub-disciplineEnglish usage, Media English, Nigerian English, World Englishes[1]
InstitutionsKennesaw State University
Main interestsNew Media, English usage, Journalese, Political criticism[1]
Notable worksGlocal English: The Changing Face and Forms of Nigerian English in a Global World
Websitefarooqkperogi.com

Farooq Adamu Kperogi (born 1973), is a Nigerian-American professor,[2] author, media scholar, newspaper columnist, blogger and activist. He was a reporter and news editor at many Nigerian newspapers including the Daily Trust, Daily Triumph and the now defunct New Nigerian.[2][3]

He worked as a researcher at the Presidential Research and Communications Unit in the Olusegun Obasanjo administration and had taught journalism at Ahmadu Bello University and Kaduna Polytechnic. He is a full professor of journalism and emerging media at Kennesaw State University in Georgia, United States.[4][5][6][7]

He is one of Nigeria's newspaper columnists whose views are quoted by former president.[8][9]

He is the author of Glocal English: The Changing Face and Forms of Nigerian English, published in 2015, as the 96th volume in series of Berkeley Insights in Linguistics and Semiotic.[10][11] He is also the author of Nigeria's Digital Diaspora Citizen Media, Democracy, and Participation (University of Rochester Press, 2020) which was awarded the "2021 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Winner".[12]

Early life and education

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Kperogi was born in 1973, in Okuta, Baruten local government area of Kwara State, Nigeria and is a member of the Bariba (Baatonu) people.[13] He attended Bayero University between 1993 and 1997, where he received bachelor's degree in mass communication. He obtained a master's degree in communication at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and a Ph.D. from Georgia State University in the United States in 2011.[5]

Later life and career

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After graduating from Bayero University, Kano, Kperogi started working as reporter with newspapers in Katsina and Kano before joining the Media Trust as correspondent for the now defunct Weekly Trust.[citation needed] He also worked for the now defunct federal government-owned paper, the New Nigerian, in the early 2000s. Kperogi began his academic career between 2000 and 2002 at Kaduna Polytechnic, where he taught journalism and mass communication.[citation needed] He also taught at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria for a brief time in 2004.[6] Between 2002 and 2004, Kperogi worked in President Olusequn Obasanjo's administration as a presidential speechwriter and researcher. Kperogi writes two columns, "Politics of Grammar" and "Notes from Atlanta", for the Abuja-based Daily Trust weekend editions. Kperogi has written extensively about Nigerian English.[14]

Marital life

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Farooq Kperogi is married to Maureen Erinne Kperogi with whom he has three daughters and one son.[15][16]

"Notes from Atlanta"

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Kperogi's "Notes from Atlanta" political column in the Daily Trust was stopped in December 2018 under pressure from the president Muhammadu Buhari administration[17] which he has been critical of in his columns and social media posts.[18][19] In protest, he stopped his popular "Politics of Grammar" language column in the Daily Trust on Sunday, which he wrote for more than a decade.[20] He has faced death threats from supporters of the Nigerian government for his critical columns and social media updates.[21][19]

Kperogi's "Notes from Atlanta" column now appears every Saturday on the back page of the Nigerian Tribune,[22] and in Peoples Gazette, an online newspaper.[23]

Awards and honors

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  • 2021 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Winner[24]
  • Department of Communication's Outstanding Alumnus Award, University of Louisiana, Lafayette, USA[25]
  • Outstanding Academic Achievement Award in Graduate Studies, Georgia State University[26]
  • Outstanding Graduate Student in Communication, University of Louisiana, Lafayette, USA[27]
  • The Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) Prize for the Best Graduating Student in Mass Communication, Bayero University, Kano[28]

Published work

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  • Glocal English: The Changing Face and Form of Nigerian English in Global World. New York: Peter Lang, 2015. ISBN 978-1433129261
  • Nigeria's Digital Diaspora: Citizen Media, Democracy, and Participation. New York: Rochester University Press, 2020. ISBN 978-1580469821

References

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  1. ^ a b c "About Farooq A. Kperogi". works.bepress.com. Kennesaw State University. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Renowned Nigerian columnist, university teacher, Farooq Kperogi, promoted professor". 2021-03-26. Retrieved 2021-12-18.
  3. ^ "Farooq Kperogi | Kennesaw State University - Academia.edu". kennesaw.academia.edu. Retrieved 2021-12-18.
  4. ^ "Tribune columnist, Farooq Kperogi, promoted full professor in US varsity". Tribune Online. 2021-03-26. Retrieved 2021-12-18.
  5. ^ a b "About me". farooqkperogi.com. Farooq A. Kperogi. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  6. ^ a b "Farooq Kperogi". socm.hss.kennesaw.edu. Kennesaw State University. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  7. ^ "Why British English is full of silly-sounding words". bbc.com. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  8. ^ ""I was disappointed by [Wole Soyinka's] uncharacteristic silence between 2015 and 2019" – Farooq Kperogi". The News Chronicle. 2020-04-10. Retrieved 2021-12-18.
  9. ^ "Why Nigeria needs a third force to dislodge Buhari -- Obasanjo | Premium Times Nigeria". 2018-01-24. Retrieved 2021-12-18.
  10. ^ "Berkeley Insights in Linguistics and Semiotics". www.peterlang.com. Peter Lang. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  11. ^ "7 Questions to a Linguist: Dr. Farooq Kperogi on "Glocal" English". altalang.com. ALTA. 17 August 2015. Archived from the original on 6 October 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  12. ^ "Tribune columnist Kperogi's book wins 2021 Choice Outstanding Academic Title". Tribune Online. 2021-12-03. Retrieved 2021-12-18.
  13. ^ "Kperogi: The Man Who Redefined Grammar Column Writing in Nigeria". jarushub.com. JarusHub. 25 May 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
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