Farooq Kperogi Explained

Farooq Kperogi
Birth Date:March 30, 1973
Birth Place:Baruten, Kwara State, Nigeria
Occupation:Professor
Alma Mater:Georgia State University (Ph.D)
University of Louisiana at Lafayette (M.Sc)
Bayero University (B.A)
Thesis Title:Webs of Resistance: The Citizen Online Journalism of the Nigerian Digital Diaspora
Thesis Url:http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1027&context=communication_diss
Thesis Year:2011
Doctoral Advisor:Michael L. Bruner
Discipline:English language, Communication, Social and Behavioral Sciences[1]
Sub Discipline:English usage, Media English, Nigerian English, World Englishes
Workplaces:Kennesaw State University
Main Interests:New Media, English usage, Journalese, Political criticism
Notable Works:Glocal English: The Changing Face and Forms of Nigerian English in a Global World

Farooq Adamu Kperogi (born 1973), is a Nigerian-American professor, 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

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.

Later life and career

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. 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. He also taught at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria for a brief time in 2004. 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

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

"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[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, and in Peoples Gazette, an online newspaper.[22] [23]

Awards and honors

Published work

Notes and References

  1. Web site: About Farooq A. Kperogi. works.bepress.com. Kennesaw State University. 6 October 2017.
  2. Web site: 2021-03-26. Renowned Nigerian columnist, university teacher, Farooq Kperogi, promoted professor. 2021-12-18. en-GB.
  3. Web site: Farooq Kperogi Kennesaw State University - Academia.edu. 2021-12-18. kennesaw.academia.edu.
  4. Web site: 2021-03-26. Tribune columnist, Farooq Kperogi, promoted full professor in US varsity. 2021-12-18. Tribune Online. en-GB.
  5. Web site: About me. farooqkperogi.com. Farooq A. Kperogi. 6 October 2017.
  6. Web site: Farooq Kperogi. socm.hss.kennesaw.edu. Kennesaw State University. 6 October 2017.
  7. Web site: Why British English is full of silly-sounding words. bbc.com. British Broadcasting Corporation. 6 October 2017.
  8. Web site: 2020-04-10. "I was disappointed by [Wole Soyinka's] uncharacteristic silence between 2015 and 2019" – Farooq Kperogi]. 2021-12-18. The News Chronicle. en-US.
  9. Web site: 2018-01-24. Why Nigeria needs a third force to dislodge Buhari -- Obasanjo Premium Times Nigeria. 2021-12-18. en-GB.
  10. Web site: Berkeley Insights in Linguistics and Semiotics. www.peterlang.com. Peter Lang. 6 October 2017.
  11. Web site: 7 Questions to a Linguist: Dr. Farooq Kperogi on "Glocal" English. altalang.com. 17 August 2015. ALTA. 6 October 2017. 6 October 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171006162724/https://www.altalang.com/beyond-words/2015/08/17/7-questions-linguist-dr-farooq-kperogi-glocal-english/. dead.
  12. Web site: 2021-12-03. Tribune columnist Kperogi's book wins 2021 Choice Outstanding Academic Title. 2021-12-18. Tribune Online. en-GB.
  13. Web site: Kperogi: The Man Who Redefined Grammar Column Writing in Nigeria. jarushub.com. JarusHub. 6 October 2017.
  14. Web site: Why British English is full of silly-sounding words. BBC. Christine Ro. 19 June 2017. 21 January 2018.
  15. Web site: Notes From Atlanta: Mourning My Wife and Best Friend. 2021-06-10. www.farooqkperogi.com.
  16. Web site: 2018-09-22. My children cherish calling them their pet names more than gifts –Kperogi. 2021-12-18. Punch Newspapers. en-US.
  17. Web site: 2018-12-20. The Kperogi affair and the road to totalitarianism. 2021-12-18. Blueprint. Blueprint Newspapers Limited. en-US.
  18. Web site: 2017-01-29. Buhari not competent to govern any country – Kperogi. 2021-12-18. The Punch. en-US.
  19. Web site: 2019-12-08. Buhari-Tinubu Alliance Will Crack Noticeably In 2020 – Farooq Kperogi. 2021-12-18. TheInterview Nigeria. en-GB.
  20. Web site: Kperogi. Farooq A.. Presidency Pressured Daily Trust to Discontinue my Saturday Column. 2021-12-18. Farooq Kperogi.
  21. Web site: 2019-11-11. KSU professor faces death threats over criticism of government. 2021-12-18. The Sentinel. en-US.
  22. Web site: Notes from Atlanta with Farooq Kperogi Archives. 2021-12-18. Tribune Online. en-GB.
  23. Web site: FAROOQ KPEROGI, Author at Peoples Gazette. 2021-12-18. Peoples Gazette. en-US.
  24. Web site: 2021-12-03. Farooq Kperogi's 'Nigeria's Digital Diaspora' wins top academic publishing award. 2021-12-18. Peoples Gazette. en-US.
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  26. Web site: Farooq Kperogi . Kennesaw State University . 11 October 2022.
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  28. https://allafrica.com/stories/200905180714.htm