King Charles III Recalls Speaking Pidgin In Nigeria, Shares Connection To Davido’s Kante – Forbes Africa

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A man in a blue suit waves next to a plaque, reminiscent of King Charles III's elegance, while another man in black channels the energy of Davido’s

Among the diverse playlist, Kante stood out, not just for its infectious rhythm but as he said: “It also features lyrics in Pidgin, which I love in all its forms, and in which I attempted to make a speech when I last visited Nigeria.” The King said this in a recorded address from Buckingham Palace.

That visit, in November 2018, saw the monarch — then the Prince of Wales — engage with Nigeria’s cultural and political elite in Lagos in partly Pidgin, a lingua franca widely spoken across West and Central Africa.