African & Caribbean Creole languages, part 1 (2026)
On Jamaican Creole, Nigerian Pidgin, and other Afro-English Creoles
African & Caribbean Creole languages, part 2 (2026)
On West African Pidgin, Lingala, Swahili, and African lingua francas
Talk at Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (2026)
No. 1: Advanced Chemistry's "Fremd im eigenen Land" (2026)
The top 100 German Hip Hop songs (Radio Eins)
Interviewee & protagonist in music documentary film (2025)
"Protest! Songs! – Black and Proud" (3sat, Germany)
Interviewed for article in The Guardian International (2025)
"Could the English language die?"
"Fremd im eigenen Land", by Advanced Chemistry (2025)
Broken down line by line, by UK Hip Hop lover
"The institutionalization of creole languages" (2024)
Talk given at the University of Cape Verde, Mindelo
Talk at Collège de France, Paris (2024)
"Le West African Pidgin - langue mondiale à contre-courant"
Talk at the University of Sao Paulo (2024)
On language contact in the Afro-Atlantic
Streaming stats for Advanced Chemistry & Linguist (2024)
Hip Hop from Heidelberg: intangible cultural heritage (2023)
UNESCO Germany highlights role played by Advanced Chemistry
Protest songs: "Stranger in My Own Land" (2023)
Feature in journal of the Confederation of German Trade Unions
"Multilingualism in Africa and the African Diaspora" (2022)
Conversation on Eaton Radio, Hong Kong
"The Linguist" (2022)
Research portrait in "Kosmos" magazine (Humboldt Foundation)
Featured in the Language Hat blog (2022)
"The years when people were set alight" (2022)
Article on the political significance of "Fremd im eigenen Land"
"Advanced Chemistry turned rap political" (2022)
Press article on the significance of Advanced Chemistry
30 years of "Fremd im eigenen Land" (2022)
Radio feature on Deutschlandfunk
"I happen to be from here" (2022)
Feature article in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (Germany)
"Fremd im eigenen Land paved the way" (2022)
Feature article in Rheinpfalz (Germany)
Article in Middle East Eye (UK) (2022)
Advanced Chemistry, Turkish & Arabic in German Hip Hop
"What's in a creole?" (2021)
Panelist in conversation on pidgin and creole languages
"Minority brain drain from Germany" (2021)
Interview on German podcast
Documentary on multilingualism in Malaysia (2021)
Directed and shot by linguistics student Michelle Pang, produced by Kofi Yakpo
Small-scale multilingualism in Africa and the Americas (2021)
Panel discussion, École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris
Book review of "Boundaries & Bridges" (2020)
Edited by Kofi Yakpo & Pieter Muysken
Interview on Deutschlandfunk (Germany) (2020)
On Yoruba culture, language and religion
"Hier ist alles explodiert - This is where it all started!" (2020)
Article in Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung (Germany)
Interview on Hip Hop and politics, part 1 (2019)
In online Hip Hop magazine “Allgood.de"
Interview on Hip Hop and politics, part 2 (2019)
In online Hip Hop magazine “Allgood.de"
Interview on BBC Pidgin (2019)
"Why is Pidgin growing so fast?"
Interview on BBC Pidgin (2019)
"Which dialect of Pidgin is the nicest?"
Chi Sun Residential College, University of Hong Kong (2017)
Video sum-up of college life during my time as Deputy Master
Linguistics field trip to Ethiopia (2016)
Impressions by Hong Kong University students
On multilingualism, creoles, and language change (2016)
Featured in article of the Mauritius Times (2016)
On the politics of language in Mauritius
Advanced Chemistry's "Stranger in My Own Land" (2016)
Review article in politics magazine Marx21
Hip Hop subculture and its language (2015)
An analysis using Advanced Chemistry's songs
Portrait in Badische Zeitung (Germany) (2012)
"The linguist Kofi Yakpo is conducting research in Freiburg"
"Fremd im eigenen Land" (Stranger in My Own Land) (2012)
The story behind the foundational song of German conscious rap
"Colonial history in musical notes" (2012)
On the Music-History Project 1884, commemorating the Partitioning of Africa
Beyond Multiculturalism? (2009)
Discussant on panel with Rita Süssmuth, former president of German Parliament
Article in Die Tageszeitung (TAZ) (2008)
Philippa Ebéné & Kofi Yakpo take on management of Werkstatt der Kulturen, Berlin
"Learning from Africa and America" (2006)
Kofi Yakpo at the Symposium on the Globalization of German
"A language for enthusiasts" (2006)
Panelist in symposium on the globalization of German
Federal Cultural Foundation of Germany (2005)
Advanced Chemistry featured in "Projekt Migration"
"Ich hab' geträumt" (by Linguist aka Kofi Yakpo) (2004)
This poem won the 3rd prize of the May Ayim Award for Black literature
"Love of convenience" (by Linguist aka Kofi Yakpo) (2004)
This short story won the 2nd prize of the May Award for Black literature
The musical "Schichtwechsel" in the Neukölln Opera (2004)
A RAPsody in ten acts with acappella compositions of lyrics by Linguist
Der Freitag: "Ich kenn' einen der kann reimen" (2004)
Review of the musical "Schichtwechsel" by K. Yakpo, M. Messmer, and R. Killius
Global Protest To Support Landless In South Africa (2002)
FIAN International press release
"Drei Namen, ein Titel", by Ebony Prince (1996)
Featuring Toni L and Linguist
Classic Hip Hop album by Advanced Chemistry (1995)
Torch, Toni L, and Linguist
Music video by Advanced Chemistry (1994)
"Operation Artikel 3"
Maxi single by Advanced Chemistry (1994)
"Operation Artikel 3"
Music video by Weep Not Child, featuring Linguist (1994)
"Je ka bere - Let's start"
Music video by Advanced Chemistry (1993)
"Welcher Pfad führt zur Geschichte?"
Interview with Advanced Chemistry on Viva TV (1993)
"Die Alte Schule" (The Old School), by Linguist (1993)
Solo song on classic German Hip Hop album of the 90s
Music video of Hip Hop classic "Fremd im eigenen Land" (1992)
By Advanced Chemistry (Torch, Toni L, Linguist)
Interview with Linguist of Advanced Chemistry (1992)
On the origins of Advanced Chemistry, music, politics, and Hip Hop
Protagonist in pioneering German Hip Hop documentary (1992)
Documentary "Lost in Music - Hip Hop Hooray!"
Article in politics magazine Der Spiegel (Germany) (1991)
Interviewed with other activists of the "Initiative Schwarze Deutsche (ISD)"