Pigeon English
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April
May
June
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Home and the Immigrant Experience
Innocence vs. Guilt
Language, Culture, and Norms
Pluralism vs. Prejudice
Masculinity, Violence, and Death
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Harrison Opoku (Harri)
The Dead Boy
X-Fire
Killa
Lydia
Jordan
Connor Green
Miquita
Auntie Sonia
Dean
Poppy Morgan
Chanelle
Fag Ash Lil
Altaf
Mr. Frimpong
Julius
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Tro-tro
Dey touch
Obruni
Adjei
Asweh
Dirty Blows
Hutious
Tutufo
Jinx
Chook
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Pigeons
Fingerprints
Heaven
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Pigeon English
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Introduction
Intro
Plot Summary
Plot
Summary & Analysis
March
April
May
June
July
Themes
All Themes
Home and the Immigrant Experience
Innocence vs. Guilt
Language, Culture, and Norms
Pluralism vs. Prejudice
Masculinity, Violence, and Death
Quotes
Characters
All Characters
Harrison Opoku (Harri)
The Dead Boy
X-Fire
Killa
Lydia
Jordan
Connor Green
Miquita
Auntie Sonia
Dean
Poppy Morgan
Chanelle
Fag Ash Lil
Altaf
Mr. Frimpong
Julius
Terms
All Terms
Tro-tro
Dey touch
Obruni
Adjei
Asweh
Dirty Blows
Hutious
Tutufo
Jinx
Chook
Symbols
All Symbols
Pigeons
Fingerprints
Heaven
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Tro-tro
Tro-tro
A tro-tro is a share taxi common in Ghana.
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Dey touch
A Ghanaian term meaning crazy.
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Obruni
Obruni is the Ghanaian term for foreigner and usually means that person is white. It comes from the Twi language.
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Adjei
Adjei is a Ghanaian word used to express annoyance or dismay.
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Asweh
Asweh is Ghanaian slang. It is a shortening of the phrase “I swear,” and has the same meaning.
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Dirty Blows
Dirty blows refers to being punched or beaten.
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Hutious
A Ghanaian term meaning frightening.
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Tutufo
Slang for prostitute.
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Jinx
A game played in England wherein two people who say the same word at the same time are then forbidden from speaking.
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Chook
A term from Nigerian pidgin, meaning stab.
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