ABSTRACT
This is a comprehensive workbook for actors, covering the key characteristics and profiles of a wide range of African accents of English. Its unique approach not only addresses the methods and processes by which to go about learning an accent, but also looks in detail at each example. This lets the reader plot their own route through the learning process and tailor not only their working methods but also their own personal idiolect. Compose a Key Phrases from listening and viewing that challenge and ground people in the accent. Then get more specific and check sounds against the sounds in the Workbook. Each of us speaks differently even if people have the same general accent. The individualized way that each of us speaks is referred to as an idiolect. For the actor, idiolect is part of what creates character. It is the 'how' of the accent, and influences the way we craft our thoughts through language.
