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Pidgin Songs
Overview
These Pidgin songs from New Guinea were originally collected and printed in a journal of New Guinea literature titled "Kovave". Kovave contains a collection of creative works from New Guinea published in both Pidgin and English. The types of pieces included in Kovave range from traditional folk tales to poetry to literary criticisms and come from many contributors.
Context
Often called 'Pidgin' by English speakers, Tok Pisin is the most commonly spoken language of the official languages used in Papua New Guinea, with approximately one million speakers. Tok Pisin is a creole language as well, so it appears to be a combination of multiple languages that form a new language. The word “Pisin” is derived from the English word “pidgin,” meaning a “grammatically simplified form of a language.”
The Kovave literature magazine has been edited by Ulli Beier as well as a variety of poets and students from the University of Papua & New Guinea.
