The term "pidgin" was first recorded in English in 1807 in Canton, China. More than 75 million people are believed to speak pidgin across Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea. A hybrid of English and local languages, it traces its roots to the Atlantic slave trade in the 17th century. Pidgin English is the lingua franca in Nigeria, where more than 300 languages are spoken, according to Francesco Goglia, a researcher at the University of Manchester. cjnoLeW6Im- BBC News Africa November 8, 2018 Prince Charles tried out some choice phrases in Pidgin as he addressed Nigerians in Lagos at the end of his nine-day tour of West Africa.
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