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Jenifa’s Diary: Student Uses Funke Akindele’s English As Project Topic In OAU

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A Student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Olosunde Aderonke Oyindamola has written a research project on Funke Akindele’s English in Jenifa’s Diary. According to reports, Oyindamola analysed the bad english the actress spoke in the movie series and has been submitted two weeks ago. Jenifa’s diary is a comedy movie series which is starred and produced by Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele. In the series, the actress played ther role of Jenifa, Jenifa in the series is a village girl, who came to Lagos for a green pastures. Her grammatical blunders in English is what amuse the audience and the lessons learnt in the series.A Student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Olosunde Aderonke Oyindamola has written a research project on Funke Akindele’s English in Jenifa’s Diary. According to reports, Oyindamola analysed the bad english the actress spoke in the movie series and has been submitted two weeks ago. Jenifa’s diary is a comedy movie series which is starred ...
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