Q Mignolo makes a great point when he notes the uncoupling of the "natural" link between languages and nations. Today, English is spoken almost all over the world, no longer in just a part of Europe. The narrative about the spread of the English language certainly includes the rise of British globalization through colonialism. This fact has caused not just the acquisition of a new language in many former British colonies (such as Nigeria, the setting for the novel we’ll discuss next week -- Things Fall Apart)but also in some instances provoked some form of resistance or adaptation. In Nigeria, for instance, where there are more than 200 native languages, the use of English makes it easier for people who speak different languages to communicate. But the common form of English spoken in Nigeria is not what is called the Queen's English but Pidgin English.