self-reflection – Edwin Nii Bonney

Dad, how do you say dimples in Gā?

During the pandemic my son, Teddy, and I bought a Gā language dictionary. He had started to ask me random questions about how to say certain English words in my native language -Gā. His questions reminded me of my time as a Spanish instructor during my master’s degree program where my students used the phraseContinue reading “Dad, how do you say dimples in Gā?”

Decolonization begins with me

I identify as Ga from the Ga ethnic group of Ghana. Throughout my education, I have loved languages and cultures and what they represented and still do. Ghana was a British colony from the 1850s to 1957 and with colonization came a creation, validation, and a reinforcement of English linguistic imperialism in the country whichContinue reading “Decolonization begins with me”