Conversation on African & Caribbean creole languages, part 1 (2026)
Conversation on African & Caribbean creole languages, part 2 (2026)
Talk at Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS), South Africa (2026)
For 25 years, the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS) has cultivated a unique environment where unexpected connections lead to groundbreaking insights. 
Protagonist in documentary film "Protest! Songs! – Black and Proud" (3sat, Germany) (2025)
Von Bürgerrechtsbewegung bis BLM: Schwarze Musiker*innen erzählen, wie Songs ihr Leben und den Protest beeinflussen. 
Interviewed for The Guardian International, "Could the English language die?" (2025)
For the time being it’s dominant – but as the Romans could tell you, nothing lasts for ever 
Talk on the institutionalization of creole languages, University of Cape Verde (2024)
A Associação da Língua Materna Cabo-Verdiana (ALMA-CV), e a Plataforma Associação Cabo-Verde Diáspora (PLTCVD), em associação com a Universidade de Cabo Verd... Talk on West African Pidgin at Collège de France, Paris (2024)
Talk on language contact in the Afro-Atlantic, University of Sao Paulo (2024)
Interactions across different language groupsSala 261 - Prédio de Letras "Multilingualism in Africa and the African Diaspora", Interview on Eaton Radio, Hong Kong (2022)
Research portrait in “Kosmos" (Humboldt Foundation): "The Linguist" (2022)
Kofi Yakpo was once a big shot in German rap. Today, he is a professor of linguistics, researching into the emergence of Creole languages and uncovering the colonial legacy of his subject along the way. 
Article on Advanced Chemistry’s Hip Hop classic “Fremd im eigenen Land” (2022)
Vojin Saša Vukadinović: 1992 veröffentlichten Advanced Chemistry »Fremd im eigenen Land« 
Conference discussion: "what's a creole?" (2021)
The 2021 Summer Conference of the Society for Pidgin and Creole Linguistics, Paris 28-31 June 2021 
Podcast interview on "minority brain drain from Germany" (2021)
Produced this documentary on language in Malaysia, directed by my student Michelle Pang (2021)
Conversation on small-scale multilingualism in Africa and the Americas (2021)
Small-scale multilingualism refers to multilingual life in small-scale, often rural, societies, across the globe. This type of multilingualism, in which indi... Interview on Deutschlandfunk (Germany): Yoruba culture, language and religion (2020)
Philipp möchte, dass wir über seine Wahlheimat Bermuda berichten: ein Natur- und Steuerparadies. Claudia will mehr über die Religion der Yoruba erfahren. Frank hilft den schnellsten, blinden Sprintern Afrikas: auch ein Hörerwunsch-Thema für die Weltzeit. 
Interview on Hip Hop and politics in online magazine “Allgood.de", part 1 (2019)
Dank Advanced Chemistry hat Kofi Yakpo alias Linguist Legenden-Status, auch wenn er neben Torch und Toni L eher weniger bekannt ist in der Szene. ALL GOOD-Autor Philipp Killmann sprach mit Linguist, der mittlerweile als Professor für Linguistik in Hongkong lebt. 
Interview on Hip Hop and politics in online magazine “Allgood.de", part 2 (2019)
Neben Torch und Toni L war Linguist der Dritte bei Advanced Chemistry. ALL GOOD-Autor Philipp Killmann telefonierte mit der mittlerweile als Professor für Linguistik in Hongkong lebenden Deutschrap-Legende. 
Interview on BBC Pidgin, "Why Pidgin language dey grow fast-fast" (2019)
Professor Francis Egbo from University of Ibadan explain why Pidgin dey upgrade and wetin di future hold for di language. 
Interview on BBC Pidgin, "Which Pidgin sweet pass for Africa?" (2019)
Pidgin language get different types and sounds according to language professors wey meet for Ibadan south west Nigeria to discuss future of di language. 
On multilingualism, creoles, and language change (2016)
Music video of Hip Hop classic "Fremd im eigenen Land" by my band Advanced Chemistry (1992)
Hip Hop album by Advanced Chemistry (1995)
Music video "Dir fehlt der Funk" by Advanced Chemistry (1994)
Music video "Operation Artikel 3" by Advanced Chemistry, (1994)
Music video by Advanced Chemistry, "Welcher Pfad führt zur Geschichte?" (1993)
Music video by Weep Not Child, featuring The Linguist of Advanced Chemistry (1994)
Classic interview on the German Hip Hop channel Viva (1993)
Interview with The Linguist of Advanced Chemistry (1992)
Protagonist in legendary Hip Hop documentary "Lost in Music" (1992)
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