Thomas Leighton Decker
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1916 – 1978
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Who was Thomas Leighton Decker?
Thomas Alexander Leighton Decker or Tommy Decker OBE was a Sierra Leonean linguist, poet, and journalist. He is best known for his work on the Krio language and for translating Shakespeare's Julius Caesar into the Krio language. Decker argued forcefully that the Krio language was not merely a patois but a legitimate language. Because Decker argued that Krio was not a patois, his contributions and revisions to the Krio language greatly influenced and added to the revival and appreciation of the language.
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- Born
- Jul 25, 1916
Freetown - Nationality
- Sierra Leone
- Education
- CMS Grammar School, Lagos
- Died
- Sep 7, 1978
London
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on July 23, 2013
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