I was reading about a game called Dirty Dozen, originated from Africa which is exported to US by the black slaves.Dirty Dozen is a verbal game played by the two contestants who engage in insulting each other and makes deprecatory jokes until one gives up or violence erupt.

Hausas called it Ba'a, Igbos called it Nkocha Ikocha, i dont know about the yorubas and other ethnic groups but i do know they have one. People dey even do yabbing contest for pidgin english and lastly Rap artists diss each other too in the record.

My question is does this has to do with the reason why most African Americans and Africans can be a smart aleck,sarcastic and are excellent in using wordplays?

For more info Dirty Dozen

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