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The Map of my Mother Tongue
Damilola Oyedele's essay explores language as both a barrier and a tether. Her accent and diction - influenced by the various Nigerian languages and dialects she speaks - shapes her interactions as an immigrant in the United States and South Africa, and tethers her to Nigeria, her home country.