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The Story of English

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

Presented by Robert MacNeil Three hundred years ago the slave trade brought the English language to West Africa and started the process that created
Black English - words like 'nitty-gritty', 'groovy' and perhaps even 'okay .
Black on White tells the story of the influence of American blacks on world English, tracing Black English from West Africa to the northern United States.
Written by ROBERT MCCRUM Producer WILLIAM CRAN * CEEFAX SUBTITLES

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Presented By:
Robert MacNeil
Written By:
Robert McCrum
Producer:
William Cran
Source: Radio Times

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